Senate Bill S6568

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipal legislative bodies to enact local laws and ordinances providing for mediation of land use decisions

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 2 Committee


  • 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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2023-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1694
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 2
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§20, 81-a & 27, Gen City L; amd §§64, 267-a & 271, Town L; amd §§4-412, 7-712-a & 7-718, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5484, A8259
2011-2012: S4358, A5829
2013-2014: S4338, A1265
2015-2016: S1394, S6606, A1013
2017-2018: S4537, A871
2019-2020: S448, A2052
2021-2022: S1264, A46

2023-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain municipal legislative bodies, including towns and villages, to enact local laws and ordinances providing for non-binding mediation of land use decisions.

2023-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6568
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law, and the village law,
   in relation to authorizing the use of mediation in land use decisions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 20 of the general city law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 39 to read as follows:
   39. TO PROVIDE BY LOCAL LAW FOR THE USE OF  VOLUNTARY  AND  NONBINDING
 MEDIATION PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM
 OR  SUCH  OTHER  PROCEDURE  AS  DETERMINED BY ITS LEGISLATIVE BODY. WHEN
 UTILIZING SUCH MEDIATION, THE APPLICANT AND  THE  LEGISLATIVE  BODY  MAY
 MUTUALLY AGREE, IN WRITING, TO STAY OR EXTEND THE STATUTORY TIME PERIODS
 FOR  REVIEW  OF  SUCH  APPLICATION, AND SAID AGREEMENT SHALL SPECIFY THE
 DATE ON WHICH THE STAY OR EXTENSION WILL END. THE LEGISLATIVE BODY SHALL
 MAKE SUCH WRITTEN AGREEMENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC  BY  FILING  A  COPY
 THEREOF IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 81-a of the general city law, as added
 by chapter 208 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Assistance to the board of appeals.  (A) Such board shall have  the
 authority  to  call  upon any department, agency or employee of the city
 for such assistance as shall be deemed necessary and as shall be author-
 ized by the legislative body. Such department, agency or employee may be
 reimbursed for any expenses incurred as a result of such assistance.
   (B) THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY  THE  LEGISLATIVE
 BODY  TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF VOLUNTARY AND NONBINDING MEDIATION AS AN
 AID IN FOSTERING LAND USE DECISIONS, PURSUANT TO THE  GUIDELINES  ESTAB-
 LISHED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR SUCH OTHER PROCEDURE AS DETERMINED
 BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01167-01-3
 S. 6568                             2
 
              

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