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Assembly Bill A10597

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the department of environmental conservation to review the policies of the department of parks and recreation of the city of New York regarding trees and tree maintenance

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2015-A10597 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6901
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1335, S1419

2015-A10597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of environmental conservation to review the policies of the department of parks and recreation of the city of New York regarding trees, tree maintenance and liability.

2015-A10597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10597

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rozic) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT in relation to requiring the department of environmental  conser-
  vation  to  review  the policies of the department of parks and recre-
  ation of the city of New York regarding trees and tree maintenance

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other rule, regulation or policy to the
contrary,  the department of environmental conservation shall review and
provide oversight to the department of parks and recreation of the  city
of  New York in relation to city-owned trees, tree maintenance, care and
cultivation of such trees, liability in case  of  personal  or  property
injury  by  such trees, and any other matters the department of environ-
mental conservation deems necessary.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13845-01-6

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