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A08503 Summary:

BILL NOA08503 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06848

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SPONSORMeeks

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §284, Ag & Mkts L

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Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state.

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BILL NOA08503 

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05/20/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8503

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 expansion of regional farmers' markets

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

 1 Section 1. Section 284 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. Development and facilitation of the establishment of regional
 4 farmers' markets to promote the direct marketing of farm and food
 5 products on a wholesale or bulk sales basis to large volume purchasers
 6 of farm and food products. Such regional farmers' markets should be,
 7 whenever possible, located in areas that have poor consumer access to
 8 high quality and reasonably priced food and farm products or food
 9 deserts; or which would sell to or cater to the needs of retailers or
 10 bulk purchasers of food and farm products that are located in areas that
 11 have poor consumer access to high quality and reasonably priced food and
 12 farm products or food deserts. The department is authorized to work in
 13 cooperation with the New York state urban development corporation and
 14 the empire state development corporation for the purposes of this subdi-
 15 vision, section sixteen-m of the New York state urban development corpo-
 16 ration act and article five-D of the economic development law.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09405-01-5

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