New York A 7742: Expands eligibility for designation as land used in agricultural production

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A07742 Summary:

BILL NOA07742 

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Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L

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Expands eligibility for designation as land used in agricultural production by lowering the average gross sale value of the land to $20,000 or more in certain cases.

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BILL NOA07742 

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04/08/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7742

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 determination of land used in agricultural production for purposes of
 agricultural districts

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs f, h and k of subdivision 4 of section 301 of
 2 the agriculture and markets law, paragraph f as amended by chapter 445
 3 of the laws of 2002, paragraph h as amended by chapter 587 of the laws
 4 of 2005 and paragraph k as added by chapter 341 of the laws of 2008, are
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 f. Land of not less than seven acres used as a single operation in the
 7 preceding two years for the production for sale of crops, livestock or
 8 livestock products of an average gross sales value of ten thousand
 9 dollars or more, or land of less than seven acres used as a single oper-
 10 ation in the preceding two years for the production for sale of crops,
 11 livestock or livestock products of an average gross sales value of
 12 [fifty] twenty thousand dollars or more.
 13 h. Land that is owned or rented by a farm operation in its first or
 14 second year of agricultural production, or, in the case of a commercial
 15 horse boarding operation in its first or second year of operation, that
 16 consists of (1) not less than seven acres used as a single operation for
 17 the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products of an
 18 annual gross sales value of ten thousand dollars or more; or (2) less
 19 than seven acres used as a single operation for the production for sale
 20 of crops, livestock or livestock products of an annual gross sales value
 21 of [fifty] twenty thousand dollars or more; or (3) land situated under a
 22 structure within which crops, livestock or livestock products are
 23 produced, provided that such crops, livestock or livestock products have
 24 an annual gross sales value of (i) ten thousand dollars or more, if the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10244-01-5

 A. 7742 2

 1 farm operation uses seven or more acres in agricultural production, or
 2 (ii) fifty thousand dollars or more, if the farm operation uses less
 3 than seven acres in agricultural production; or (4) not less than seven
 4 acres used as a single operation to support a commercial horse boarding
 5 operation with annual gross receipts of ten thousand dollars or more.
 6 k. Land used to support an apiary products operation which is owned by
 7 the operation and consists of (i) not less than seven acres nor more
 8 than ten acres used as a single operation in the preceding two years for
 9 the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products of an
 10 average gross sales value of ten thousand dollars or more or (ii) less
 11 than seven acres used as a single operation in the preceding two years
 12 for the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products of
 13 an average gross sales value of [fifty] twenty thousand dollars or more.
 14 The land used to support an apiary products operation shall include, but
 15 not be limited to, the land under a structure within which apiary
 16 products are produced, harvested and stored for sale; and a buffer area
 17 maintained by the operation between the operation and adjacent landown-
 18 ers. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, rented
 19 land associate