Relates to types of New York grown, produced or harvested milk products included in the definition of surplus agricultural products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to types of
   New York grown, produced or harvested milk products  included  in  the
   definition  of  surplus  agricultural products for the purposes of the
   Nourish New York program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 451 of the agriculture and markets
 law,  as  amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the agricul-
 ture and markets law relating to the definitions of surplus agricultural
 products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York
 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8690 and  A.  9259,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. "Surplus agricultural products" means consumable or edible agricul-
 tural products grown, produced or harvested in New York, including proc-
 essed products as defined pursuant to subdivision three of this section,
 but  shall  not  include beverages containing alcohol. "Surplus agricul-
 tural products" shall also include New York grown, produced or harvested
 MILK, AND MILK PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  TWO  PERCENT  FAT
 MILK  AND  whole  milk[,  two  percent fat milk, and other farm produced
 beverages, with the exception of beverages containing alcohol].
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of the laws of 2024 amending the agriculture and
 markets law relating to the definitions of surplus agricultural products
 and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program,
 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  8690  and  A.  9259,  takes
 effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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