Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 13, 2015 |
signed chap.155 |
Aug 03, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
May 04, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.257 substituted for a5153 |
Feb 09, 2015 |
referred to aging delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 21, 2015 |
ordered to third reading cal.36 |
Jan 14, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S1810
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S1810 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5153
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง16, Ag & Mkts L
2015-S1810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1810 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requiring the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty years and older PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to amend the age from 62 years of age to 60 years of age to ensure consistency with how "senior" is defined in Elder Law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would change the age at which an individual would be defined as a senior under this section from 62 years of age to 60 years of age. This change would be consistent with the definition of senior, with regard to community services, found in Elder Law. JUSTIFICATION: The change would provide consistency between Elder Law and Agriculture and Markets Law. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2015-S1810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1810 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- 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 requir- ing the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty years and older THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 47 of section 16 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 497 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 47. Evaluate, in conjunction with the state office for the aging, programs and services offered by the department to ensure that they support the needs of farmers, and other individuals engaged in agricul- ture, and the production, processing, marketing and distributing of food, who are also seniors, which shall mean an individual [sixty-two] SIXTY years of age or older. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07348-01-5
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