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Assembly Bill A3959A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to siting permits for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habitats

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2025-A3959 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139, Pub Serv L

2025-A3959 - Summary

Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and one acre of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.

2025-A3959 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3959
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  siting  permits
   for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habi-
   tats
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 139 of the public service law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  IF  A  MAJOR  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION  FACILITY  SITING PERMIT IS
 PROPOSED FOR A SITE WHICH IS GRASSLAND BIRD BREEDING HABITAT  OR  GRASS-
 LAND BIRD WINTERING HABITAT WITHIN A DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
 VATION DESIGNATED GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION CENTER, ORES SHALL REQUIRE
 A  MITIGATION RATIO OF THREE ACRES OF MITIGATION FOR EVERY ACRE OF OCCU-
 PIED GRASSLAND BIRD BREEDING HABITAT AND  ONE  ACRE  OF  MITIGATION  FOR
 EVERY ACRE OF GRASSLAND BIRD WINTERING HABITAT DETERMINED TO BE TAKEN.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 139 of the public service law made by  section
 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07808-01-5

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2025-A3959A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139, Pub Serv L

2025-A3959A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and one acre of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.

2025-A3959A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3959--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WOERNER, TAPIA, GLICK, GIGLIO, KASSAY, BUTTENS-
   CHON, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  siting  permits
   for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habi-
   tats
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 139 of the public service law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  IF  A  MAJOR  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION  FACILITY  SITING PERMIT IS
 PROPOSED FOR A SITE WHICH IS GRASSLAND BIRD BREEDING HABITAT  OR  GRASS-
 LAND BIRD WINTERING HABITAT WITHIN A DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
 VATION DESIGNATED GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION CENTER, ORES SHALL REQUIRE
 A MITIGATION RATIO OF ONE ACRE FOR EVERY ACRE OF OCCUPIED GRASSLAND BIRD
 BREEDING  HABITAT AND ONE ACRE OF MITIGATION FOR EVERY ACRE OF GRASSLAND
 BIRD WINTERING HABITAT DETERMINED TO BE TAKEN. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A NET
 CONSERVATION BENEFIT IN SUCH GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION CENTERS,  THESE
 MITIGATION  REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT BE MODIFIED BY DIVIDING THE IMPACT OF
 HABITAT TAKEN BY FIVE LIFE CYCLES OF HABITAT  SUCCESSION  OR  ANY  OTHER
 ADDITIONAL CALCULATION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
 major electric transmission facility siting permit, or  any  application
 for a major facility siting permit, for which the final net conservation
 benefit plan has not yet been approved by the office of renewable energy
 siting and electric transmission, provided, however, that the amendments
 to section 139 of the public service law made by section one of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07808-06-5

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