Assembly Bill A8256

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to generic environmental impact statements

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A8256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5486
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §261-b, Town L; amd §7-703, Vil L; amd §81-d, Gen City L

2009-A8256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to generic environmental impact statements.

2009-A8256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 5486                                                  A. 8256

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 11, 2009
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. AUBERTINE, STACHOWSKI, VALESKY, WINNER,
  YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources)
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Local Government

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. KOON, LIFTON, BACALLES, BURLING --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT to amend the town law, the village law and the general city law,
  in relation to generic environmental impact statements

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Paragraph  (d) of subdivision 3 of section 261-b of the
town law, as added by chapter 629 of the laws of  1991,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (d)   A  generic  environmental  impact  statement  pursuant  to  [the
provisions of 6 NYCRR 617.15] ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
VATION LAW AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION shall be prepared by the town board for any zoning district
in which the granting of incentives or bonuses have a significant effect
on  the  environment  before  any  such district is designated, and such
statement shall be supplemented from time to time by the town  board  if
there  are  material changes in circumstances that may result in signif-
icant adverse impacts. Any zoning ordinance or local law enacted  pursu-
ant  to  this section shall provide that any applicant for incentives or
bonuses shall pay a proportionate share of the cost  of  preparing  such
environmental  impact  statement, and that such charge shall be added to
any site-specific charge made pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section
8-0109 of the environmental conservation law.
  S 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 7-703 of the village law,
as  added  by  chapter  629  of  the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11446-02-9

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