S3542-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry.

Sponsor: RITCHIE / Co-sponsor(s): GALLIVAN, LITTLE
Law Section: Fire Prevention

S3542-2011 Actions

Jan 30, 2012: referred to governmental operations
Jan 30, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jan 30, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jan 24, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Jan 23, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Jan 19, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.84
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
Mar 23, 2011: referred to governmental operations
Mar 23, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar 23, 2011: PASSED SENATE
Mar 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar 10, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Mar 9, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.200
Feb 24, 2011: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

S3542-2011 Meetings

Agriculture: Jan 19, 2012, Agriculture: Mar 9, 2011

S3542-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jan 30, 2012 , Active List: Mar 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jan 23, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jan 24, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jan 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 23, 2011

S3542-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Agriculture - Mar 9, 2011

Ayes (9): Ritchie, Gallivan, O'Mara, Ranzenhofer, Seward, Young, Kennedy, Avella, Valesky

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Agriculture - Jan 19, 2012

Ayes (10): Ritchie, Gallivan, O'Mara, Ranzenhofer, Seward, Young, Kennedy, Avella, Huntley, Valesky

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jan 30, 2012

Ayes (60): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thompson, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousins, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (1): Huntley

S3542-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3542

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
requiring the state fire prevention and building code council to
implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry

PURPOSE:
To include maple production facilities and "sugar shacks" within the
definition of agricultural buildings and to make them accessible to
the public.

SUMMARY:
Section 1 requires the state fire prevention and building code council
to implement rules and regulations that include maple production
facilities and sugarhouses within the definition of agricultural
buildings so that such facilities will be qualified for exemptions
for agricultural buildings and to allow for public access and
assembly in sugarhouses as an agri-tourism activity.

JUSTIFICATION:
New York State provides unique climate, soil and forests that serve as
a premier resource for the maple products industry. 1.15 million taps
in New York produce 15.6% of the syrup made in the United States.
Ranking second in the nation, New York's maple products industry is a
significant part of the State's agricultural industry and plays an
important role in seasonal tourism.

In recognition of the importance and needs of the maple industry,
Chapter 87 of the laws of 2010 added the production of maple syrup
and pure maple products to the definition of Agricultural Tourism.
Current law however, does not recognize the structures associated
with the maple industry as agricultural.

This bill requires the state fire prevention and building code council
to implement rules and regulations that include maple production
facilities and sugarhouses within the definition of agriculture
buildings so that such facilities will be qualified for exemptions
for agricultural buildings and to allow for public access and
assembly in sugarhouses as an agricultural tourism activity.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.6318 of 2009 - Referred to Rules
S.6318 of 2010 - Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3542-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          3542
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 24, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 

AN ACT requiring the state fire prevention and building code council  to
 implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry
 

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

 

Section 1. The state fire prevention  and  building  code  council  is
 hereby directed to implement rules and regulations that:

 (a)  include  maple  production  facilities and sugarhouses within the
 definition of agricultural buildings, so that such  facilities  will  be
 qualified for exceptions for agricultural buildings; and
 (b)  allow  for  public access and assembly in sugarhouses as an agri
 tourism activity.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09293-01-1

S3542-2011: Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to implement rules and regulations regarding the maple industry