senate Bill S5413

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of benthic barriers to control invasive aquatic plants around docks

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

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to environmental conservation
Apr 30, 2019 referred to environmental conservation

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S5413 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4570
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §9-1711, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5189, A6722
2021-2022: S2644

S5413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of benthic barriers, between July 1 and October 31, to control invasive aquatic plants around docks.

S5413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  5413

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 30, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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
  control of aquatic vegetation by means of a benthic barrier

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

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 9-1711 to read as follows:
§ 9-1711. CONTROL OF AQUATIC VEGETATION BY MEANS OF A BENTHIC BARRIER.
  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BENTHIC BARRIER" SHALL MEAN A
FILM OF NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC MATTER WHICH IS GAS PERMEABLE AND  ANCHORED
BY  MEANS OTHER THAN STONE FROM THE LAKE BOTTOM, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
CONTROLLING OR SUPPRESSING AQUATIC VEGETATION AROUND  RESIDENTIAL  DOCKS
OR SWIMMING AREAS.
  2. NO PERSON SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PLACING TEMPORARY BENTHIC BARRI-
ERS IN ANY FRESHWATER BODY OF WATER LOCATED IN FRONT OF HIS OR HER PROP-
ERTY'S  SHORELINE BETWEEN JULY FIRST AND OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST EACH YEAR,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS AROUND, NEAR  AND
BETWEEN DOCKS.
  3.  THE  PLACEMENT  OF  THESE  TEMPORARY BENTHIC BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE
CONSIDERED "FILL", AND THEREFORE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
TITLE  FIVE  OF  ARTICLE  FIFTEEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  GENERAL PERMIT
GP-0-17-001.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04140-01-9

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