Assembly Bill A411

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants concurrent jurisdiction to the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene over grocery stores and farmers markets

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A411 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §§556, NYC Chart; amd §16, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9128
2013-2014: A274
2015-2016: A1070
2017-2018: A1539

2019-A411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants concurrent jurisdiction to the department of agriculture and markets and the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene over grocery stores and farmers' markets.

2019-A411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    411
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRAUNSTEIN, WEPRIN, L. ROSENTHAL, MONTESANO --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the New  York  city  charter  and  the  agriculture  and
   markets  law,  in  relation to granting concurrent jurisdiction to the
   city of New York department of health and mental  hygiene  to  conduct
   inspections  of retail food stores and farmers' markets; and providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  556  of  the New York city charter is amended by
 adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
   F. JURISDICTION OVER RETAIL FOOD STORES AND  FARMERS'  MARKETS.    (1)
 EXERCISE, CONCURRENTLY WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 AND  MARKETS,  JURISDICTION TO CONDUCT INSPECTIONS OF RETAIL FOOD STORES
 AND FARMERS' MARKETS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMIT OF  ITS  JURISDICTION
 TO  DETERMINE  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ALL  PROVISIONS  OF THE AGRICULTURE AND
 MARKETS LAW AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, WHICH  APPLY  TO
 RETAIL  FOOD  STORES  AND  FARMERS'  MARKETS. THE RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS
 CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE NEW YORK
 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS FOR APPROPRIATE  ENFORCEMENT
 PROCEEDINGS;  PROVIDED THAT IF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
 TURE AND MARKETS IMPOSES ANY MONETARY PENALTY FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF  THE
 AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS LAW AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER
 AS A RESULT OF AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 FIFTY  PERCENT  OF THE REVENUE RESULTING FROM SUCH PENALTY SHALL BE PAID
 TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR DEPOSIT IN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY; AND
   (2) COORDINATE AND COOPERATE WITH THE NEW  YORK  STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S EXER-
 CISE  OF  JURISDICTION  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, SO THAT THERE IS A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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