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Assembly Bill A10629

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting burying trees and/or stumps beneath the surface of property when clearing land for commercial or residential use

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2015-A10629 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3863
2019-2020: A5448

2015-A10629 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting burying trees and/or stumps beneath the surface of property when clearing land for commercial or residential use.

2015-A10629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10629

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 8, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barclay) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  standards  for  land
  clearing

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

  Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
  17. STANDARDS FOR LAND CLEARING  REQUIRING  THAT  ANY  PROPERTY  BEING
CLEARED  OF DEBRIS AS DEFINED BY 6 NYCRR 360-1.2(B)(94) FOR THE PURPOSES
OF COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BE DONE IN  A  MANNER
THAT PROHIBITS THE BURYING OF TREES AND/OR STUMPS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF
THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10242-03-6

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