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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7207--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 29, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Agriculture --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  authorize  and  direct  the commissioner of agriculture and
          markets to conduct a study on urban agriculture

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  1.  The commissioner of agriculture and markets is hereby
     2  authorized and directed to conduct a study on all forms of  urban  agri-
     3  culture  including,  but  not  limited  to,  vertical farming, community
     4  gardens and urban farming. The purpose of this study shall  include  but
     5  not  be limited to examining the effects urban agriculture would have on
     6  access to locally grown food,  job  creation  and  educational  opportu-
     7  nities, and the impacts on the environment.
     8    2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner
     9  of  agriculture  and markets shall deliver a report to the governor, the
    10  temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
    11  minority  leader  of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly.
    12  The report shall include recommendations for legislation and administra-
    13  tive programs related  to  all  forms  of  urban  agriculture  practices
    14  including,  but  not limited to, vertical farming, community gardens and
    15  urban farming.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09904-04-1