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Assembly Bill A5877

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the wetlands homeowner's relief act

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2015-A5877 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง24-0303, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7240
2011-2012: A3896
2013-2014: A4475
2017-2018: A6329
2019-2020: A6928
2021-2022: A5493
2023-2024: A4293
2025-2026: A6165

2015-A5877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the wetlands homeowner's relief act; provides that a homeowner who currently lives within a wetlands designated area shall not have to apply for a building permit for use of land within a fifty foot periphery of the house and garage; provides that new maps may not be issued without prior approval from the legislature; prohibits DEC from delineating wetlands beyond the boundaries shown on official wetlands maps.

2015-A5877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5877

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FINCH, BUTLER, KOLB, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M. of A.  CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  enacting the wetlands homeowner's relief act

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "wetlands
homeowner's relief act".
  S  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
section 24-0303 to read as follows:
S 24-0303. HOMEOWNERS; WETLANDS.
  1. A HOMEOWNER WHO CURRENTLY LIVES WITHIN A WETLANDS  DESIGNATED  AREA
SHALL  NOT  HAVE  TO APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT
FOR USE OF LAND WITHIN FIFTY FEET FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SUCH HOMEOWNER'S
HOUSE AND GARAGE.
  2. ONCE THE DEPARTMENT  HAS  ISSUED  A  WETLANDS  MAP  FOR  ANY  GIVEN
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, A NEW MAP SHALL NOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE
LEGISLATURE.
  3.  THE  DEPARTMENT IS PROHIBITED FROM DELINEATING WETLANDS BEYOND THE
BOUNDARIES  OF  MAPPED  WETLANDS  SHOWN  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  OFFICIAL
WETLANDS MAPS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09664-01-5

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