Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 20, 2019 |
signed chap.502 |
Nov 08, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1530 substituted for s6424a |
Mar 07, 2019 |
referred to cities delivered to senate passed assembly |
Feb 28, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.87 reported |
Feb 13, 2019 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A5505
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
THIELE
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Jonathan Jacobson
Patrick Burke
Anthony D'Urso
Marianne Buttenschon
2019-A5505 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A5505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3712 A. 5505 2019-2020 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y February 13, 2019 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law and the village law, in relation to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flood- ing as eligible sending districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 20-f of the general city law, as added by chapter 40 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows: In addition to existing powers and authorities to regulate by planning or zoning including authorization to provide for transfer of development rights pursuant to other enabling law, the legislative body of any city is hereby empowered to provide for transfer of development rights subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and such other condi- tions as the city legislative body deems necessary and appropriate that are consistent with the purposes of this section, except that in cities of over one million any transfer of development rights shall be provided in the zoning ordinance after adoption by the city planning commission and board of estimate. The purpose of providing for transfer of develop- ment rights shall be to protect the natural, scenic or agricultural qualities of open lands, to enhance sites and areas of special character or special historical, cultural, aesthetic or economic interest or value, TO PROTECT LANDS AT RISK FROM SEA LEVEL RISE, STORM SURGE OR FLOODING, and to enable and encourage flexibility of design and careful management of land in recognition of land as a basic and valuable natural resource. The conditions hereinabove referred to are as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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