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Senate Bill S2927

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Exempts school districts from the requirements of smart growth

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2017-S2927 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5469
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5363
2015-2016: S2165, S6501

2017-S2927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts school districts from the requirements of smart growth.

2017-S2927 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2927
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   state smart growth public infrastructure criteria

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Subdivision 1 of  section  6-0107  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  433  of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. In addition to meeting  other  criteria  and  requirements  of  law
 governing  approval,  development,  financing  and  state  aid  for  the
 construction of new or expanded  public  infrastructure  or  the  recon-
 struction  thereof, no state infrastructure agency shall approve, under-
 take, support or finance  a  public  infrastructure  project,  including
 providing  grants,  awards, loans or assistance programs, unless, to the
 extent practicable, it is consistent with the relevant  criteria  speci-
 fied in subdivision two of this section.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  OR  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE
 CONTRARY,  PROJECTS  FOR  THE  RECONSTRUCTION,  RENOVATION,  REPAIR   OR
 IMPROVEMENT  OF  EXISTING  PUBLIC  SCHOOL FACILITIES OR EXISTING LIBRARY
 FACILITIES, AND PROJECTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OR EXPANDED  PUBLIC
 SCHOOL  OR  LIBRARY  FACILITIES  IN  CITIES  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS OR MORE, SHALL  NOT  BE  DEEMED
 PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07811-01-7

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