Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 17, 2014 |
vetoed memo.561 |
Dec 05, 2014 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2014 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.378 substituted for a9961 |
Jun 18, 2014 |
substituted by s6543b |
Jun 17, 2014 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.378 rules report cal.378 reported |
Jun 16, 2014 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 03, 2014 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A9961
Vetoed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAGEE
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6543 - Vetoed 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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Frank Skartados
Didi Barrett
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
2013-A9961 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A9961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9961 I N A S S E M B L Y June 3, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Magee) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to direct the commissioner of agriculture and markets to issue a report assessing the use and development of precision agriculture in the state with recommendations pertaining to rural broadband accessi- bility, use and support for the farmers, as well as cost savings and higher crop yield THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby enacts this act to evaluate the practicality, costs and benefits of precision agricul- ture for the state's farmers, as well as the accessibility of broadband to farmers to facilitate data analysis, and increase the efficiency and productivity of farms throughout the state. S 2. The commissioner of agriculture and markets, in consultation with the New York state broadband program office of the empire state develop- ment corporation, shall compile and issue a report to assess the use and development of precision agriculture in the state and make recommenda- tions pertaining to any necessary technical support, accessibility of broadband with particular focus in rural areas of the state, and a cost benefit analysis of precision agriculture. The report of the commission- er shall include, but not be limited to: (a) definitions of precision agriculture and site-specific farming; (b) statistics of use by farmers in the state; (c) statistics of crop yields with the use of precision agriculture as compared to traditional methods; (d) statistics of rural broadband availability, with particular empha- sis on agricultural land; (e) availability of suitable global positioning services; (f) environmental impacts of precision agriculture; (g) cost analyses of the use of precision agriculture, including start-up costs and affordability; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13821-05-4
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