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Mar 25, 2011 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S4266
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S4266 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6916
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§9-1503 & 24-0701, En Con L
2011-S4266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4266 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing owners of residential real property to cut and remove reed from their property PURPOSE: To authorize the unfettered removal of reeds by the owner of residential real property. SUMMARY OF PROVISION: Section one adds a new subdivision 5 to section 9-1503 of the environmental conservation law. Section two adds a new subdivision 4-a to section 24-0701 of the environmental conservation law. JUSTIFICATION: Every year on Staten Island there are series of dangerous brushfires. Many areas on Staten Island are prone to brushfires because they are thick with an invasive, non-native species of weed -- phragmites. Phragmites are reedy and combustible plants that commonly grow seven feet tall and often turn into tinderboxes especially during the spring and fall seasons. They have been the proven source of numerous
2011-S4266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4266 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing owners of residential real property to cut and remove reed from their property THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 9-1503 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. NO PROVISION OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT OR AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO REGULATE THE CUTTING, PULLING OR DIGGING UP FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVAL, OR CAUSING TO BE SO REMOVED, BY THE OWNER OF RESI- DENTIAL REAL PROPERTY, ANY REED (PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS) GROWING ON SUCH REAL PROPERTY. S 2. Section 24-0701 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 4-A. THE CUTTING, PULLING AND DIGGING UP FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVAL, OR CAUSING TO BE SO REMOVED, OF ANY REED (PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS) FROM FRESHWATER WETLANDS UPON RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY BY THE OWNER OF SUCH PROPERTY SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM REGULATED ACTIVITIES AND SHALL NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10518-01-1
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