2019 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 25-AAA - Agricultural and Farmland Protection Programs
323 - State Agricultural and Farmland Protection Program.

§  323.  State  agricultural  and  farmland  protection  program.  The
  commissioner shall  initiate  and  maintain  a  state  agricultural  and
  farmland   protection   program   to  provide  financial  and  technical
  assistance, within funds available, to  counties,  municipalities,  soil
  and   water  conservation  districts,  and  not-for-profit  conservation
  organizations for their agricultural and  farmland  protection  efforts.
  Activities to be conducted by the commissioner shall include, but not be
  limited to:
1.   developing   guidelines   for   the   creation  by  counties  and
  municipalities of agricultural and farmland protection plans;
2. providing technical assistance to county agricultural and  farmland
  protection  boards,  as  established  in  article twenty-five-AA of this
  chapter, and municipalities;
3. administering state assistance payments to county agricultural  and
  farmland   protection   boards,   municipalities   and  soil  and  water
  conservation districts;
4. disseminating information to county and municipal governments, soil
  and water conservation districts, owners of agricultural lands and other
  agricultural  interests  about  the  state  agricultural  and   farmland
  protection program established pursuant to this article;
5.   administering   state   assistance   payments  to  not-for-profit
  conservation organizations; and
6. reporting biennially to the governor and the legislature  regarding
  the  activities  of  the commissioner, the types of technical assistance
  rendered  to  county  agricultural  and  farmland   protection   boards,
  municipalities, soil and water conservation districts and not-for-profit
  conservation   organizations,  and  the  need  to  protect  the  state's
  agricultural economy and land resources.