S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
April 27, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
protecting newly acquired state land
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3-0107 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADD ONE NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENT FOREST
RANGER POSITION FOR EVERY THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND THAT IS ACQUIRED
BY THE STATE AND PLACED UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT. EACH
POSITION SHALL BE FILLED PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPERTY'S
UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN OR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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