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Mar 02, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6866
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
- 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
2015-S6866 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1030
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§308 & 310, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§333 & 333-c, RP L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5428, A7835
2011-2012: S4958, A5825
2013-2014: S3860, A1393
2017-2018: S1507
2015-S6866 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6866 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the agriculture and markets law and the real property law, in relation to agricultural disclosure requirements for agricultural districts PURPOSE : To notify prospective purchasers of real property that is in close proximity to farm operations conducted in an agricultural district about environmental impacts of such operations and the state's right to farm policy. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill amends sections 308 and 310 of the agricultural and markets law, and sections 333 and 333c of the real property law to include notification by grantors to prospective purchasers of real property within five hundred feet of the boundary of an agricultural district of their proximity to farm operations and associated environmental impacts. JUSTIFICATION : Increasingly, people are seeking to move to "the country", often near farm operations, making it more important than ever to notify
2015-S6866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6866 I N S E N A T E March 2, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the real property law, in relation to agricultural disclosure requirements for agricul- tural districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 308 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 248 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 5. The commissioner shall develop and make available to prospective grantors and purchasers of ANY PARCEL OF real property located partially or wholly within any agricultural district, OR PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY WITH- IN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE BOUNDARY OF AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, in this state and to the general public, practical information related to the right to farm as set forth in this article including, but not limit- ed to right to farm disclosure requirements established pursuant to section three hundred ten of this article and section three hundred thirty-three-c of the real property law. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ASSIST COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, INFORMATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MAPS OF SUCH AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS IN A MANNER THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSIST SUCH GRANTORS AND PURCHASERS TO READILY IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO RIGHT TO FARM DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE AND SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE-C OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE COMMIS- SIONER SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING INDIVIDUAL PARCELS. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 310 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 1. When any purchase and sale contract is presented for the sale, purchase, or exchange of A PARCEL OF real property located partially or wholly within an agricultural district, OR PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE BOUNDARY OF AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, estab- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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