New York S 3277: Establishes a process for designating transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements

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S03277 Summary:

BILL NOS03277 

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren Art 30 §§550 - 555 to be Art 50 §§1000 - 1005, add Art 30 §§560 - 561, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes a process for designating transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements involving filing a document with the commissioner of agriculture and markets.

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BILL NOS03277 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.480

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.419

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/09/2026PASSED SENATE

03/09/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/09/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3277

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
 lishing a process for designating transfer-on-death beneficiaries for
 farming implements

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

 1 Section 1. Article 30 and sections 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, and 555 of
 2 the agriculture and markets law, as renumbered by chapter 524 of the
 3 laws of 2014, are renumbered article 50 and sections 1000, 1001, 1002,
 4 1003, 1004, and 1005, respectively.
 5 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new arti-
 6 cle 30 to read as follows:
 7 ARTICLE 30
 8 TRANSFER-ON-DEATH OF FARMING IMPLEMENTS
 9 Section 560. Definitions.
 10 561. Transfer-on-death beneficiary; farm implements.
 11 § 560. Definitions. As used in this article:
 12 1. "Farm implement" means a tractor or machine, including any associ-
 13 ated accessories, attachments, fuel, and repair parts, used exclusively
 14 and directly in farming including, but not limited to, implements of
 15 husbandry, farm type tractors and all terrain type vehicles used exclu-
 16 sively for agricultural or mowing purposes, or for snow plowing, other
 17 than for hire, farm equipment, including self-propelled machines,
 18 including caterpillar or crawler-type equipment, used exclusively in
 19 growing, harvesting or handling farm produce, and timber harvesting
 20 equipment such as harvesters, wood chippers, forwarders, log skidders,
 21 and other processing equipment used exclusively off highway for timber
 22 harvesting and logging purposes. "Farm implement" shall not include
 23 personal property that is attached to, fastened to, connected to, or
 24 built into real property or that becomes an addition to, component of,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04764-01-5

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 1 or capital improvement to real property, and does not include buildings
 2 or improvements to real property, regardless of any contribution that
 3 the personal property makes to the production process of any machine and
 4 regardless of the extent to which that personal property functions as a
 5 machine except that the following shall be considered farm implements
 6 regardless of the extent to which they are fastened to, connected to, or
 7 built into real property:
 8 (a) Auxiliary power generators.
 9 (b) Bale loaders.
 10 (c) Barn elevators.
 11 (d) Conveyors.
 12 (e) Feed elevators and augers.
 13 (f) Grain dryers and grinders.
 14 (g) Milk coolers.
 15 (h) Milking machines, including piping, pipeline washers, and compres-
 16 sors.
 17 (i) Silo unloaders.
 18 (j) Powered feeders, but not including platforms or troughs
 19 constructed from ordinary building materials.
 20 2. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,
 21 trust, partnership, limited