New York A 338: Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program

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A00338 Summary:

BILL NOA00338 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSRZinerman, Simon, Kelles, Gonzalez-Rojas, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §323-a, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm.

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BILL NOA00338 

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01/08/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 338

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, ZINERMAN, SIMON, KELLES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
 lishing the farm ownership succession planning program (FOSPP)

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 323-a to read as follows:
 3 § 323-a. Farm ownership succession planning program. 1. The commis-
 4 sioner, in conjunction with the department of economic development and
 5 the department of financial services, shall establish the farm ownership
 6 succession planning program (hereinafter referred to as "the FOSPP").
 7 Such program shall be established by August first, two thousand twenty-
 8 six and hold its first forum no later than October first, two thousand
 9 twenty-six.
 10 2. The FOSPP shall provide farm owners with a succession planning
 11 toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who are planning on selling
 12 or closing their farm. Such toolkit shall include, but not be limited
 13 to, the following:
 14 (a) financial resources available to prospective farmers interested in
 15 buying farms and farmland for the purpose of farming;
 16 (b) an itemized list of all farming related education and support
 17 programs in place at public and private institutions of higher learning
 18 in the state;
 19 (c) a list of state supported economic development funding for farming
 20 and for sustaining farming;
 21 (d) a list of organizations within the state and in adjoining states
 22 that auction and sell farming equipment and farming supplies;
 23 (e) a list of all labor laws governing farm labor; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01227-01-5

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 1 (f) a list of insurance and financial services regulations impacting
 2 the sale and purchasing of farms and farmland.
 3 3. The FOSPP shall develop a set of statewide live and virtual forums
 4 to link and educate farmers who are planning on selling their farm
 5 and/or farmland, and for prospective new farmers to learn of farming
 6 business opportunities, the opportunities for purchasing farms, and on
 7 the established resources to assist in selling and buying farms and
 8 farmland for food production. The FOSPP shall include information on
 9 other existing farming collaboratives within the state and in adjoining
 10 states.
 11 4. (a) The FOSPP shall provide information regarding the economic
 12 viability of family farming and commercial farming, including but not
 13 limited to, data on farm bankruptcies, farmer held debt, state and
 14 national trends impacting the farming sector, and a profile of the New
 15 York state farming sector in sub-segments, including but not limited to,
 16 dairy farming, vegetable farming and fruit farming.
 17 (b) The commissioner, in conjunction with the department of economic
 18 development, shall establish an outreach plan to chambers of commerce
 19 throughout the state, including chambers of commerce that represent all
 20 segments of minority businesses within the state and the adjacent states
 21 of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts, to be admin-
 22 istered through the department of economic development. Such outreach
 23 plan shall be submitted to the