S5160A-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 21, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2012: REPASSED SENATE
• Jun 18, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5160B
• Jun 11, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5160A
• Jun 11, 2012: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 6, 2012: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
• Jan 30, 2012: referred to agriculture
• 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.85
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 14, 2011: referred to agriculture
• Jun 14, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 14, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 7, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 2, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.937
• May 3, 2011: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

S5160A-2011 Calendars

S5160A-2011 Votes

S5160A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5160A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
definition of
land used in
silvopasturing

PURPOSE:
To clarify that certain silvopasturing acreage in forested land
qualifies as eligible lands for agricultural assessment.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 301(2) of the Agriculture and Markets Law is amended to add
certain silvopastured products to the definition of "Crops, livestock
and livestock products".

JUSTIFICATION:
Silvopasturing is the scientifically-based, ecologically-sound
practice of livestock grazing in wooded areas which can yield
numerous benefits for farm operations. In silvopasturing, timber and
pasture are managed as a single integrated system. Timber, forage and
livestock are managed intensively to simultaneously produce timber
products, a high quality forage resource and efficient livestock
production. In doing so, silvopasturing provides a sustainable system
that offers diversified marketing opportunities for producers.

Current law does not allow assessors to grant agricultural assessments
to forested land used for silvopasture, based on the characterization
that such land is employed to produce livestock or livestock products
for sale. This bill would clearly recognize the concurrent use of
wooded lands for production of livestock and wood products as land
used in agricultural production that qualifies for the agricultural
assessment program. Silvopaturing land would be limited to ten fenced
acres for large livestock and five fenced acres for smaller
livestock, in order to be considered for an agricultural assessment.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determine.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next
succeeding the date on which it shall become a law.

S5160A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 5160--A
 Cal. No. 85
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 3, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
 -- reported favorably from said  committee,  ordered  to  first  and
 second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv
 ered  to  the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
 order of third reading
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
 definition of land used in silvopasturing
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. 

Section 301 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:

 18. "LAND USED IN SILVOPASTURING" MEANS THE INTENTIONAL COMBINATION OF
 TREES, FORAGES AND LIVESTOCK MANAGED AS A SINGLE INTEGRATED PRACTICE FOR
 THE COLLECTIVE BENEFIT OF EACH, INCLUDING THE  PLANTING  OF  APPROPRIATE
 GRASSES  AND  LEGUME FORAGES AMONG TREES FOR SOUND GRAZING AND LIVESTOCK
 HUSBANDRY. LAND USED IN SILVOPASTURING SHALL BE LIMITED  TO  UP  TO  TEN
 FENCED ACRES PER LARGE LIVESTOCK, INCLUDING CATTLE, HORSES AND CAMELIDS,
 AND  UP  TO  FIVE FENCED ACRES PER SMALL LIVESTOCK, SUCH AS SHEEP, HOGS,
 GOATS AND POULTRY.
 

S 2. The commissioner of taxation and finance,  in  consultation  with
 the  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets and the commissioner of
 environmental conservation, shall promulgate any  regulations  necessary
 and proper for the implementation of this act.
 

S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10929-09-2

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