2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 24 - Promotion of Agriculture and Domestic Arts; Agricultural Societies › 286 - Appropriation and Apportionment of Moneys for the Promotion of Agriculture and Domestic Arts.

§ 286. Appropriation  and apportionment of moneys for the promotion of
agriculture and domestic arts. 1. There shall be  appropriated  annually
for  the  department  of  agriculture  and  markets  an  amount of money
sufficient to pay and satisfy the reimbursement moneys herein  specified
and  which money shall be disbursed by the commissioner on behalf of the
state for the promotion  of  agriculture  and  domestic  arts,  to  duly
incorporated  agricultural  or  horticultural corporations as defined in
section fourteen hundred nine of the not-for-profit corporation law, the
county extension service  association  in  the  county  of  Orange,  the
American  institute  in the city of New York, the Goshen Historic Track,
Inc.,  the  Genesee  Valley  Breeders'  Association,  Inc.  and   county
extension service associations in proportion to the actual premiums paid
during  the previous year including premiums paid for trials or tests of
speed and endurance of harness horses.
2. Eligibility.  (a) To qualify for premium reimbursement  under  this
section,   agricultural   and  horticultural  corporations,  the  county
extension service association in the  county  of  Orange,  the  American
institute  in  the city of New York, the Goshen Historic Track, Inc. and
the Genesee Valley Breeders' Association, Inc. must have held, with  the
approval  of  the  commissioner,  an  annual  fair or exposition for the
promotion of agriculture and domestic arts during the previous  calendar
year, paid at least two thousand five hundred dollars in actual premiums
and  filed  an  annual  report  as  required  in  paragraph  (c) of this
subdivision.
(b) To qualify for premium reimbursement under this section  a  county
extension  service  association must have held, with the approval of the
commissioner, a fair or exposition for the promotion of agriculture  and
domestic  arts  during  the previous calendar year open to all youths in
that county up to  age  twenty-one.  Except  for  the  county  extension
service  association in the county of Orange, a county extension service
association may not receive reimbursement for a fair or exposition in  a
county  where  an  agricultural  or  horticultural  corporation  or  the
American institute in the city of New York  has  held  such  a  fair  or
exposition  during  the  past  two  years.  A  county  extension service
association must have paid at  least  five  hundred  dollars  in  actual
premiums and filed an annual report as required in paragraph (c) of this
subdivision.
(c)  All  organizations eligible to receive moneys appropriated by the
state pursuant to this section shall file with the Department an  annual
report on or before the fifteenth day of December. The report shall list
all premiums awarded during the calendar year and the exhibits for which
the premiums were awarded.
3.  Reimbursement  amounts. (a) Each organization eligible for premium
reimbursement pursuant to paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  two  of  this
section  shall  receive seven thousand two hundred dollars or the amount
actually paid out in premiums, whichever is less. Each organization that
has paid out more than seven thousand two hundred dollars shall also  be
eligible  to  receive  an additional reimbursement equal to the premiums
paid in its youth department, not to exceed one  thousand  five  hundred
dollars.
(b) Each eligible cooperative extension association shall receive five
thousand  dollars or the amount actually paid out in premiums, whichever
is less.
(c) After reimbursements have been allocated  pursuant  to  paragraphs
(a)  and  (b)  of this subdivision, the remaining appropriation, if any,
shall  be  distributed  in  equal  shares   to   the   agricultural   or
horticultural  corporations, the county extension service association in
the county of Orange, the American institute in the city  of  New  York,

the  Goshen  Historic  Track,  Inc.  and  the  Genesee  Valley Breeders'
Association, Inc.  if they have not been fully reimbursed as a result of
the allocations set forth above. The American institute in the  city  of
New York, if eligible, shall receive two shares of the pro-rated amount.
(d)  In  no event shall any agricultural or horticultural corporation,
the county extension service association in the county  of  Orange,  the
American  institute  in the city of New York, the Goshen Historic Track,
Inc. or the Genesee Valley Breeders' Association, Inc. receive more than
the amount actually paid out in premiums  or  twelve  thousand  dollars,
whichever is less.
4.  Any organization that shall fail or neglect to hold an annual fair
or exposition and file its annual  report  for  two  consecutive  years,
shall  forfeit  any  privileges  or  money  to which it may otherwise be
entitled pursuant to the provisions of this article. In  computing  such
period  of two consecutive years, no year shall be counted in which such
failure was deemed by the commissioner to be attributable to a cause  or
condition  with  respect  to  which the organization or its directors or
officers had no control, or for any other reason which the  commissioner
deems justified.
5.  For  the  purposes  of  this article, Rockland County Future, Inc.
shall be eligible for premium reimbursement, as  provided  in  paragraph
(a)  of  subdivision  three of this section so long as such organization
has held, with the approval of  the  commissioner,  an  annual  fair  or
exposition  for  the  promotion  of  agriculture  and  domestic  arts in
conjunction with a  county  extension  service  association  during  the
previous  calendar  year;  paid at least five thousand dollars in actual
premiums; and filed an annual report as required  in  paragraph  (c)  of
subdivision two of this section.