New York S 2443: Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state

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S02443 Summary:

BILL NOS02443 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, HINCHEY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§852 & 854, Gen Muni L

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Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state.

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2443

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BORRELLO, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local
 Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
 industrial development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural
 producers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 852 of the
 2 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 2005, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to promote the
 5 economic welfare, recreation opportunities and prosperity of its inhab-
 6 itants and to actively promote, attract, encourage and develop recre-
 7 ation, economically sound commerce [and], industry and agriculture, and
 8 economically sound projects identified and called for to implement a
 9 state heritage area management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
 10 recreation and historic preservation law through governmental action for
 11 the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration by the
 12 creation of industrial development agencies which are hereby declared to
 13 be governmental agencies and instrumentalities and to grant to such
 14 industrial development agencies the rights and powers provided in this
 15 article.
 16 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 854 of the general municipal law, as
 17 amended by section 5 of part X of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
 18 amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
 19 (4) "Project" - shall mean any land, any building or other improve-
 20 ment, and all real and personal properties located within the state of
 21 New York and within or outside or partially within and partially outside
 22 the municipality for whose benefit the agency was created, including,
 23 but not limited to, machinery, equipment and other facilities deemed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05046-01-5

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 1 necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or incidental thereto,
 2 whether or not now in existence or under construction, which shall be
 3 suitable for manufacturing, warehousing, research, commercial, renewable
 4 energy [or], industrial or agricultural purposes or other economically
 5 sound purposes identified and called for to implement a state designated
 6 urban cultural park management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
 7 recreation and historic preservation law and which may include or mean
 8 an industrial pollution control facility, a recreation facility, educa-
 9 tional or cultural facility, a horse racing facility, a railroad facili-
 10 ty, a renewable energy project or an automobile racing facility,
 11 provided, however, no agency shall use its funds or provide financial
 12 assistance in respect of any project wholly or partially outside the
 13 municipality for whose benefit the agency was created without the prior
 14 consent thereto by the governing body or bodies of all the other munici-
 15 palities in which a part or parts of the project is, or is to be,
 16 located, and such portion of the project located outside such munici-
 17 pality for whose benefit the agency was created shall be contiguous with
 18 the portion of the project inside such municipality.
 19 (13) "Agriculture" or "agricultural" - shall mean and include t