Assembly Bill A9381

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to encouraging community-based organizations to increase opportunities for seniors to participate in community gardens

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A9381 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7180
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§31-j & 31-h, Ag & Mkts L

2013-A9381 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to encouraging community-based organizations to increase opportunities for seniors to participate in community gardens.

2013-A9381 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9381

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  encour-
  aging  community-based  organizations  to  increase  opportunities for
  seniors to participate in community gardens

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 31-j of the agri-
culture and markets law, as added by chapter 528 of the laws of 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  The  goals of the task force may include, but are not limited to,
the study, evaluation and development of recommendations: (i) to encour-
age the establishment and expansion of community gardens by state  agen-
cies, municipal governments and private parties, (ii) to encourage coop-
eration  between  the activities and operations of community gardens and
provision of donated food to local voluntary  food  assistance  programs
for  the  poor  and  disadvantaged, [and] (iii) to increase the benefits
that community gardens may provide to the local community in which  they
are  located,  AND  (IV)  TO  ENCOURAGE COOPERATION WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE THE  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  SENIORS,  THOSE  AGED
SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY GARDENS.
  S  2.  Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 31-h of the agriculture
and markets law, as added by chapter 528 of the laws of 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
  e. Assist, support and encourage contact and cooperation between,  and
the  cooperative  sharing  of resources between community garden groups,
school garden programs and local  voluntary  food  assistance  programs,
such  as  community  food  pantries,  soup kitchens, SENIOR CENTERS, and
other  community  and  not-for-profit  organizations  that  provide   or
distribute  food  to  the ELDERLY, poor, and disadvantaged. Such support
can include the provision of surplus  community  garden  food  or  other
agricultural  products to such local voluntary food assistance programs;
and
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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