Senate Bill S3273

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners of intention to develop in wetland areas

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S3273 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4454
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§25-0402 & 24-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S507, A2654
2011-2012: S7163, A366
2013-2014: S2488, A517
2015-2016: S3498, A5128
2017-2018: S1866, A1366
2021-2022: S9352, A2194
2023-2024: S5994

2019-S3273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners within one thousand feet of intention to develop in wetland areas; requires a public hearing on a wetland application.

2019-S3273 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3273
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  notice  to adjacent landowners where certain development is
   proposed in wetlands in a city with a population  of  one  million  or
   more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 25-0402 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
 added  by  chapter  790  of  the laws of 1973, subdivision 2 as added by
 chapter 233 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
 § 25-0402. Application for permits.
   1. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted an  activ-
 ity  regulated  under  this  [act]  ARTICLE  upon  any inventoried tidal
 wetland shall file an application for a permit with the commissioner, in
 such form and  containing  such  information  as  the  commissioner  may
 prescribe. The applicant shall have the burden of demonstrating that the
 proposed  activity  will  be  in  complete  accord  with  the policy and
 provisions of this [act]  ARTICLE.  Such  application  shall  include  a
 detailed  description of the proposed work and a map showing the area of
 tidal wetland directly affected, with the location of the proposed  work
 thereon,  together  with  the  names of the owners of record of adjacent
 lands and the known claimants of water rights  in  or  adjacent  to  the
 tidal  wetlands of whom the applicant has notice. The commissioner shall
 cause a copy of such application to be mailed to the  chief  administra-
 tive  officer in the municipality where the proposed work or any part of
 it is located. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH APPLICATION BY A CITY WITH  A  POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION OR MORE, SUCH CITY SHALL CAUSE A NOTICE OF SUCH
 APPLICATION TO BE MAILED TO OWNERS OF RECORD OF LAND  WHICH  IS  LOCATED
 WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00115-01-9
              

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