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NY Agric & Mkts L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 18 - Rules of Department.

§ 18. Rules  of  department. Subject and in conformity to this chapter   and the constitution and laws of the state, the commissioner may  enact,   amend and repeal necessary rules which shall1. Regulate and control the transaction of business by the department,   provide for the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties   of the department and prescribe the powers and duties of the bureaus and   of the directors of bureaus and other officers and employees thereof;2. Provide for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter and   of the laws of the state in respect of food and food traffic;3.  Regulate  the  conduct  of  investigations, inquiries and hearings   authorized by this chapter and prescribe necessary forms and notices;4. Establish official grades for foods and farm products and prescribe   the use of such  grades,  and  provide  for  the  marking,  packing  and   shipping of foods and farm products so graded.5. Establish uniform tolerances or amounts of reasonable variation for   containers  of food and provide uniform regulations for carrying out the   provisions of this chapter in relation to such containers.6. Provide generally for the exercise of the powers and performance of   the duties of the department as prescribed in this chapter and the  laws   of  the  state  and  for  the  enforcement  of  their provisions and the   provisions of the rules enacted as herein provided.The rules of the department in force at the time  this  chapter  takes   effect  shall  continue as the rules of the department, until amended or   repealed by the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 19 - Publication of Rules.

§ 19. Publication  of  rules.  Every rule or regulation enacted by the   commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and intended  to   have  the  force of law shall be promptly published once in the New York   state bulletin, published by the department of state pursuant to section   one hundred sixty of the executive law. A copy of  every  such  rule  or   regulation  certified  by the commissioner, a deputy commissioner or the   secretary of the department shall be promptly filed with  the  secretary   of  state.  Every  such rule or regulation shall take effect twenty days   after such filing, unless some other date  of  taking  effect  shall  be   prescribed by the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 20 - Access to Place of Business.

§ 20. Access  to  place  of  business.  The  commissioner, each deputy   commissioner and the directors, counsel, experts, chemists,  agents  and   other officers and employees of the department shall have full access to   all places of business, factories, farms, buildings, carriages, cars and   vessels   used   in   the  production,  manufacture,  storage,  sale  or   transportation within the state of any dairy products or  any  imitation   thereof,  or  of  any  article  or  product  with  respect  of which any   authority is conferred by this  chapter  on  the  department.  They  may   examine  and  open  any  package  or container of any kind containing or   believed to contain any article or product, which may  be  manufactured,   sold or exposed for sale in violation of the provisions of this chapter,   or of the rules of the department, and may inspect the contents therein,   and take therefrom samples for analysis.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 20-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 20-A - Search Warrant in Aid of the Commissioner of Agriculture.

§ 20-a. Search  warrant  in aid of the commissioner of agriculture.  A   search warrant, in the name of the people, directed to a police  officer   commanding  him  to  search  for  dairy products, imitations thereof and   substitutes therefor, to open any place of business, factory,  building,   store,  bakery, hotel, tavern, boarding house, restaurant, saloon, lunch   counter, place of public entertainment, carriage,  car,  boat,  package,   vessel,  barrel, box, tub or can, containing, or believed to contain the   same, in the possession or under the control of  any  person  who  shall   refuse  to  allow the same to be inspected or samples taken therefrom by   the commissioner of agriculture, a deputy commissioner or any person  or   officer authorized by the commissioner or by the agriculture and markets   law  or to which access is refused or prevented, and to allow and enable   the officer mentioned  in  section  fifty-one  of  the  agriculture  and   markets  law  applying  therefor to take such samples of dairy products,   imitations thereof and substitutes therefor, found in the  execution  of   the  warrant,  as  the  officer  applying  for  the search warrant shall   designate when the same are found, shall be issued by any court to which   application is made therefor, whenever it shall be  made  to  appear  to   such  court  that  such person has refused to permit any dairy products,   imitations thereof or substitutes therefor, to be inspected  or  samples   taken  therefrom,  or  that  access  thereto by any officer mentioned in   section fifty-one of the agriculture and markets law has been refused or   prevented, and that such officer has reasonable  grounds  for  believing   that   such  person  has  any  dairy  products,  imitations  thereof  or   substitutes therefor in his possession, or under his control, or that he   is violating any of the provisions of the agriculture  and  markets  law   relating  thereto.  The  provisions of article six hundred ninety of the   criminal procedure law shall apply to such warrant as far as  applicable   thereto.  The  officer  to  whom  the  warrant is delivered shall make a   return in writing of his proceedings thereunto to the court which issued   the same.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 21 - Interference With Department Employees in Performance of Duties; Bribery.

§ 21. Interference with department employees in performance of duties;   bribery. No person shall attempt, by means of any threat or violence, to   deter or prevent an inspector, agent or other employee of the department   from performing any duty imposed by law upon him or upon the department;   nor shall any person give or offer a bribe or any valuable consideration   to any inspector, agent or other employee of the department to influence   him in respect to any official act or duty.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 22 - Power to Administer Oaths and Compel Testimony.

§ 22. Power   to   administer   oaths   and   compel   testimony.  The   commissioner, a deputy commissioner, the secretary  or  counsel  of  the   department,  or  any  other  officer  or employee duly authorized by the   commissioner, may administer oaths and take affidavits  in  relation  to   any matter or proceeding in the exercise of the powers and duties of the   department   under   this   chapter.   The  commissioner,  or  a  deputy   commissioner may subpoena and require the attendance  of  witnesses  and   the  production  of  books,  papers  and  documents  pertaining  to  the   investigations  and  inquiries  which  such   commissioner   or   deputy   commissioner  is  authorized to conduct, and examine them in relation to   any matter to be investigated by them  and  issue  commissions  for  the   examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend or   excused from attendance.Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  testify  falsely as to any material   matter pending in an investigation  or  proceeding  under  this  chapter   shall be guilty of and punishable for perjury.An  officer  who  serves  the  subpoenas  issued as above provided and   witnesses attending in response thereto shall be entitled  to  the  same   fees as are allowed to officers and witnesses in civil actions in courts   of  record,  to be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses   of the department.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 23 - Records, Documents and Papers of the Department.

§ 23. Records,   documents   and   papers   of   the  department.  All   proceedings, documents, papers and records filed or deposited  with  the   department  relating to matters within its jurisdiction and powers shall   be public records; except such portions  thereof  as  are  received  and   accepted  by  the  commissioner, as being of a confidential nature which   when so received and accepted shall not be subject to  subpoena.  Copies   of all official documents and orders so filed or deposited, certified by   the  commissioner,  a deputy commissioner, counsel, a division director,   or an assistant director under the seal of the  department  to  be  true   copies  of  the  originals,  shall  be  evidence  in  like manner as the   originals.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 24 - Publication of Department Bulletins, Publications and Reports.

§ 24. Publication  of  department bulletins, publications and reports.   There may be published by the department from time to time bulletins  or   other  publications and reports containing accurate data, statistics and   information.1. As to agriculture, agricultural production, agricultural labor  and   the  agricultural  conditions  of  the  state,  and  the development and   improvement thereof, with a  view  of  increasing  farm  production  and   values;2.  As  to  the sources, supply and prices of foods, their storage and   accumulation at different places, and the quantities and location of the   available supply thereof;3. As to the market prices of foods;4.  As  to  facilities  afforded  for  transportation,  marketing  and   distribution of foods within the state;5.  As to matters pertaining generally to the production of foods, the   actual  food  value  of  articles  used  as  foods,  and  the  sale  and   distribution  thereof  to  the  consumers,  which  in the opinion of the   commissioner will prove valuable or of interest to the public;6. As to investigations, hearings and inquiries conducted as  provided   in  this  chapter,  the  conclusions  reached as to the matters involved   therein, and the orders and recommendations made as a result thereof;7. As to any other matter which the commissioner deems proper.Such bulletins, publications and reports and the information contained   therein shall be published and distributed in the manner deemed best  by   the   commissioner   for  the  dissemination  of  knowledge  as  to  the   agricultural and dairy interests of the state and the production,  sale,   purchase, storage, marketing and distribution of foods, and the economic   and  food  value  of articles used as food.  The cost of publishing such   bulletins, publications and reports shall be paid in the same manner  as   other  expenses  of  the department out of appropriations made therefor.   Copies of the bulletins, publication and reports of the  department  may   also  be sold to the public at the estimated cost thereof, in accordance   with a schedule of charges which the commissioner is  hereby  authorized   to adopt.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 25 - Annual Reports.

§ 25. Annual  reports.   The commissioner may require all agricultural   societies receiving  money  from  the  state  to  make  reports  to  the   department, and may prescribe the form of such reports.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 26 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2 - Department of Agriculture and Markets; Jurisdiction; General Powers and Duties 26 - Transfer of Property and Records in Custody of Council of Agriculture and Markets.

§ 26. Transfer  of  property  and  records  in  custody  of council of   agriculture and markets.   The  property,  records,  books,  papers  and   documents,  if any, in the custody, possession or control of the council   of agriculture and markets at the time this section takes effect,  which   pertain  or  relate  to  any  of the functions, powers and duties of the   department of agriculture and markets or of the council, which is hereby   abolished,  shall  be  delivered  and  belong  to  the   department   of   agriculture and markets.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 31-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2-A - Division of the New York State Fair 31-A - Organization.

§ 31-a. Organization.   There shall continue to be in the department a   division to be known as the division of the New  York  state  fair.  The   head of such division shall be a director, who shall be appointed by the   commissioner.   In addition to the functions, powers and duties provided   in this article, such division shall continue to exercise  and  perform,   subject  to  the  provisions  of this article, the functions, powers and   duties  of  the  former  state  fair  commission,  as  provided  by  law   immediately prior to January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 31-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2-A - Division of the New York State Fair 31-B - State Fair.

§ 31-b. State  fair.  It shall be the duty of the department to hold a   state fair to be known as the New York state fair at such  times  as  it   may  deem  proper,  and  between January first and February fifteenth in   each calendar year to publish the time for holding  said  fair  in  such   year.  If  such  fair be held on the first Monday of September, known as   labor day, the department shall designate such day as  "organized  labor   day."  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  corporation, association or   individual to hold or conduct any  trotting  or  pacing  race  or  races   during  the  week  in which the New York state fair is held, except upon   half-mile tracks, and except at the fairs held by agricultural societies   which  have  received  moneys  from  the  state,  and  no   corporation,   association  or  individual holding such races during said week shall be   entitled to any of the benefits  conferred  by  article  twenty  of  the   membership  corporations  law,  or  by  any  general or special law. The   department may make, alter, suspend or repeal needed rules  relating  to   such  fair,  including  the  times  and  duration thereof, the terms and   conditions of entries and  admissions,  exhibits,  sale  of  privileges,   payments  of premiums, and any other matters which it may deem proper in   connection with such fair. It shall furnish to each person who,  on  the   seventeenth  day  of January, nineteen hundred, was a life member of the   state agricultural society, a free admission to the fair  ground  during   the fair of each year during the life of such member.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 31-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2-A - Division of the New York State Fair 31-C - Receipts and Disbursements.

§ 31-c. Receipts  and disbursements.  The department shall receive all   moneys payable to the state  on  account  of  said  fair  and  make  all   disbursements  therefrom  and  also from any appropriation made for that   purpose by the legislature as may be  needed,  from  time  to  time,  in   carrying  on  the  work of the department. The provisions of section one   hundred twenty-one  of  the  state  finance  law  requiring  that  money   received  for  or  on behalf of the state shall be paid monthly into the   state treasury shall not apply to the proceeds of the  state  fair,  and   the  department  may  pay  from  the  race  and  other  entry fees, gate   admissions and other receipts of such fair such  expenses  as  shall  be   necessary  for  the  proper  conduct  of the New York state fair and the   purposes of the department.  Any balance remaining in its hands received   in connection with the state fair shall be retained by the department of   agriculture  and  markets  as  a  special  fund   for   such   permanent   constructions  on  the state fair grounds or for administration expenses   as shall be approved by the director of the budget, the chairman of  the   finance  committee  of the senate and the chairman of the ways and means   committee of the assembly.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 31-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2-C - Community Gardens 31-F - Legislative Findings.

§  31-f.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and   declares that community gardens provide significant health,  educational   and  social  benefits  to  the  general public, especially for those who   reside in urban and suburban areas of this state. Furthermore, it is the   articulated public policy of this state to promote and foster growth  in   the  number  of  community  gardens and the acreage of such gardens. The   community garden movement continues to provide low  cost  food  that  is   fresh  and  nutritious  for those who may be unable to readily afford or   have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables for themselves or  their   families,  promotes public health and healthier individual lifestyles by   encouraging better eating habits  and  increased  physical  activity  by   growing  their  own  food,  fosters  the retention and expansion of open   spaces, particularly in urban environments, enhances urban and  suburban   environmental quality and community beautification, provides inexpensive   community  building activities, recreation and physical exercise for all   age groups, establishes a safe place for community involvement and helps   to reduce the  incidence  of  crime,  engenders  a  closer  relationship   between urban residents, nature and their local environment, and fosters   green  job  training  and  ecological  education  at  all  levels. It is   therefore the intent of the legislature and the purpose of this  article   to  foster  growth in the number, size and scope of community gardens in   this state by encouraging state  agencies,  municipalities  and  private   parties in their efforts to promote community gardens.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 31-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2-C - Community Gardens 31-G - Definitions.

§ 31-g. Definitions.  As  used in this article, unless another meaning   is clearly indicated:1. "Community garden" shall mean public or private  lands  upon  which   citizens of the state have the opportunity to garden on lands which they   do not individually own.2.  "Garden"  shall mean a piece or parcel of land appropriate for the   cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers,  nuts,  honey,  poultry  for  egg   production,   maple  syrup,  ornamental  or  vegetable  plants,  nursery   products, or vegetables.3. "Municipality" shall mean any county, town, village,  city,  school   district,  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,  other special   district, or any office or agency thereof.4. "Office" shall mean the office of community gardens.4-a. "State agency" shall mean  any  department,  bureau,  commission,   board,  public  authority  or  other  agency of the state, including any   public benefit corporation  of  which  any  member  of  whose  board  is   appointed by the governor.5.  "Use"  shall  mean  to  avail  oneself  of  or  to  employ without   conveyance of title gardens on vacant public lands by any individual  or   organization.6.  "Vacant  public  land" shall mean any land owned by the state or a   public corporation including a municipality that is not  in  use  for  a   public  purpose,  is  otherwise  unoccupied,  idle or not being actively   utilized for a period of at least six months and is suitable for  garden   use.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 31-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 2-C - Community Gardens 31-H - Office of Community Gardens; Powers; Duties.

§ 31-h. Office   of   community   gardens;   powers;  duties.  1.  The   commissioner  shall  establish  within  the  department  an  office   of   community  gardens which shall have the authority and responsibility for   carrying out the provisions of this  article  in  cooperation  with  the   state  department  of  environmental  conservation,  the state education   department, the department of state, cooperative  extensions  and  other   state agencies and municipalities.2. The duties of the office shall include:a.  Upon  request,  the  office  shall assist in the identification of   vacant public land within a  given  geographical  location  and  provide   information  regarding  agency jurisdiction and the relative suitability   of such lands for community gardening purposes;b. Serve as a coordinator on behalf of interested community groups and   the appropriate state or local agencies to facilitate the use of  vacant   public  lands  for  community  garden  use for not less than one growing   season  by  receiving  and  forwarding  with  recommendation   completed   applications  to  the  appropriate  state or municipal agency. Provided,   further, that the office may develop a  single  recommended  application   form  to  be used by community groups when applying to state agencies or   municipalities for use  of  vacant  public  land  for  community  garden   purposes;c.  Support  and  encourage  contact between community garden programs   already in existence  and  those  programs  in  the  initial  stages  of   development;d. Seek and provide such assistance, to the extent funds or grants may   become available, for the purposes identified in this article;e.  Assist, support and encourage contact and cooperation between, and   the cooperative sharing of resources between  community  garden  groups,   school  garden  programs  and  local voluntary food assistance programs,   such as community food pantries,  soup  kitchens,  senior  centers,  and   other   community  and  not-for-profit  organizations  that  provide  or   distribute food to the elderly, poor, and  disadvantaged.  Such  support   can  include  the  provision  of  surplus community garden food or other   agricultural products to such local voluntary food assistance  programs;   andf.  Assist,  support  and  encourage communication, and the sharing of   resources between community garden organizations, the New  York  Harvest   For New York Kids Week program established by the department pursuant to   subdivision  five-b  of  section  sixteen of this chapter and individual   farm-to-school and school garden programs, and,  where  applicable,  the   department  of  health,  the department of state, the office of children   and family services and the division of housing and community renewal.