New York S 8388: Relates to real property tax relief during the COVID-19 state of emergency

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S08388 Summary:

BILL NOS08388 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08419

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §500, add §§500-b - 500-i, Ag & Mkts L

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Relates to retail food store, food service establishment and food warehouse licensing; defines terms; provides for licensure; authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to grant, suspend or revoke licenses; authorizes civil practice law and rules article 78 proceedings to challenge the actions of such commissioner; authorizes such commissioner or such commissioner's duly authorized representatives to investigate and inspect such retail food stores or warehouses; requires the department of agriculture and markets to assign at least on retail food specialist to each inspection zone; provides for penalties and remedies; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS08388 

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06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1936

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A8419

&nbspA08419 AMEND= Conrad

&nbsp05/15/2025referred to agriculture

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.586

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.586

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S8388

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.1936

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp10/09/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp10/16/2025signed chap.459

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8388

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- (at request of the Department of Agricul-
 ture and Markets) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to retail
 food store, food service establishment and food warehouse licensing

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

 1 Section 1. Section 500 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended
 2 by section 8 of part I1 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, subdivision 5
 3 as amended by section 9 of part V of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 § [500. Special powers and duties of the department with respect to
 6 retail food stores, food service establishments and food warehouses. 1.]
 7 500-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following
 8 terms shall have the following meanings:
 9 [(a)] 1. "Food service establishment" means any place where food is
 10 prepared and intended for individual portion service, and includes the
 11 site at which individual portions are provided, whether consumption
 12 occurs on or off the premises, or whether or not there is a charge for
 13 the food.
 14 [(b)] 2. "Retail food store" means any establishment or section of an
 15 establishment where food and food products are offered to the consumer
 16 and intended for off-premises consumption. The term does not include
 17 establishments which handle only pre-packaged, non-potentially hazardous
 18 foods, roadside markets that offer only fresh fruits and fresh vegeta-
 19 bles for sale, food service establishments, or food and beverage vending
 20 machines.
 21 [(c)] 3. "Zone" means an administratively determined geographic
 22 portion of the state to which inspectors are assigned by the department.
 23 [(d)] 4. "Food warehouse" shall mean any food establishment in which
 24 food is held for commercial distribution.
 25 [2. Each retail food store shall post a copy of the date and results
 26 of its most recent sanitary inspection by the department in a conspicu-
 27 ous location near each public entrance, as prescribed by the commission-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09944-01-5

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 1 er. Such copies shall also