NY State Bill 2021-S9586

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2021-S9586 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S9586 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York urban and community tree planting and forestry program act"; provides for education, technical assistance and support for tree planting and forestry projects in urban areas and disadvantaged communities.

2021-S9586 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9586

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
law, in relation to enacting the "New York urban and community tree
planting and forestry program act"

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation amends the environmental conservation law and the state
finance law, in relation to enacting the "New York urban and community
tree planting and forestry program act"

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides the title of the act.

Section 2 amends article 9 of the environmental conservation law by
adding a new title 23, "New York Urban and Community Tree Planting and
Forestry Program.

Subsection 2 of section 9-2301 sets forth the appropriate definitions.

Subsection 2 of section 19-0327 provides that the Department, in cooper-
ation with the Department of Agriculture and Markets, shall establish
and implement a program of education and technical assistance for urban
and community forest resources. The. program shall be designed to:

(a) assist urban areas and communities in conducting inventories of
their forest resources;

(b) assist State and local organizations in organizing and conducting
urban and community forestry projects and programs;

(c) improve education and technical support

(d) assist in the development of State and local management plans for
trees and associated resources in urban areas and communities; and

(e) increase public understanding of the energy conservation, economic,
social, environmental, and psychological values of trees and open space
in urban areas and communities

(f) Develop a legacy tree program for public and private property trees
within the community. This would include a nomination form, formal
designation process, mapping and signage acknowledging these trees.
Incorporate the legacy tree program into the community ordinance outlin-
ing the specific protections provided to these trees

(g) Develop an urban forestry volunteer program;

(h) Identify and map all naturalized woodlands on public property.

(i) Identify and map all naturalized woodlands on private property over
one acre in size


Section 9-2303 Establishes the Urban Tree planting study and working
group

Section 9-2305 establishes the program requirements.

Subsection 1 of 9-2305 mandates all trees to be purchased shall be in
compliance with The American Standard for Nursery Stock,

Subsection 2 of 9-2305 mandates all trees to be purchased shall come
from a nursery grower or nursery dealer pursuant to the agricultures
market law or otherwise certified by the country, state or province of
origin.

Subsection 3 of 9-2305 mandates all trees to be planted in naturalized
areas shall be from seed sourced locally

Subsection 3 of 9-2305 requires species diversity when planting across
public and private property, to the most extent possible.

Section 9-2307 Establishes the Urban forestry volunteer program

Section 9-2309 establishes the program goals. The department shall
invest or direct available and relevant program resources in a manner
designed to achieve a goal for disadvantaged communities to receive 45
percent of the overall benefits of spending on the program and no less
than 40 percent.

Section 9-2311 authorizes the New York urban and community tree planting
and forestry program fund.

Section 9-2311 provides that such funds shall consist of moneys appro-
priated or funding thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to
law.

Subsection 4 of Section 9-2311 provides that moneys of such funds shall
be awarded annually to eligible communities and organizations.

Section 3 amends the state finance law by adding a new section 99-qq.
Establishes the New York urban and community tree planting and forestry
program fund in joint custody of the state comptroller and commissioner
of taxation and finance.

Section 4 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Trees are essential for climate change and climate justice in ways that
many New Yorkers are unaware of. With the implementation of a statewide
tree planting and forestry program, New Yorkers will be better educated
and equipped to take advantage of that plenary ecological, health and
climate associated benefits of trees. The benefits of trees include, but
are not limited to:

1. Positive impacts on air pollution mitigation, flood reduction, heat
island mitigation, carbon storage, and wildlife habitats.



2. Improvement of air quality by trapping and removing particulate
pollutants, like dust, ash, pollen and smoke, which can damage human
lungs.

3. The presence of trees provides increases in value to properties for
individual homeowners, commercial property owners, and municipalities.

4. Trees reduce the amount of energy needed to heat or cool our build-
ings.

5. Trees take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

6. Greater tree canopy reduces the rate of childhood asthma. An increase
of 343 trees per kilometer was associated with a 29% lower early child-
hood prevalence of asthma in New York City.

In particular, underserved and urban communities of NYC are the ones
mostly impacted from the lack of tree planting and are thus more suscep-
tible to global warming. Shade from trees can prolong can cool communi-
ties and minimizes the heat load of asphalt, lessening the blow in urban
environments.These mostly African-American and Latino communities bear
the disproportionate brunt of the urban heat effects of climate change,
which was highlighted in NYC this summer with two week long heat weaves.
This act requires that at least 40% and no less than 45% of all program
benefits go to underserved communities.  This is why this legislation is
most pivotal for New York.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2021-S9586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9586
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
   law, in relation to enacting the "New York urban  and  community  tree
   planting and forestry program act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 urban and community tree planting and forestry program act".
   §  2.  Article  9  of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 adding a new title 23 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 23
      NEW YORK URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND FORESTRY PROGRAM
 SECTION 9-2301. URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND FORESTRY PROGRAM.
         9-2303. URBAN TREE PLANTING STUDY AND WORKING GROUP.
         9-2305. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
         9-2307. URBAN FORESTRY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
         9-2309. PROGRAM GOALS.
         9-2311. PROGRAM GRANTS; FUND ESTABLISHED.
 § 9-2301. URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND FORESTRY PROGRAM.
   1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
   A. "DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION 75-0111 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   B. "PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING
 AND FORESTRY PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   C. "WORKING GROUP" SHALL MEAN THE WORKING GROUP  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 9-2303 OF THIS TITLE.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 AND MARKETS, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM  OF  EDUCATION  AND
 TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE FOR URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY AND TREE PLANTING
 PROJECTS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE DESIGNED TO:
   A. ASSIST URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES  IN  CONDUCTING  INVENTORIES  OF
 THEIR  FOREST  RESOURCES,  INCLUDING INVENTORIES OF THE SPECIES, NUMBER,
 LOCATION, AND HEALTH OF TREES IN URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES,  IDENTIFY-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD16483-01-2
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 ING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANTINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 CONSERVING  ENERGY,  AND  DETERMINING  THE  STATUS OF RELATED RESOURCES,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER RESOURCES,
 AND TRAILS;
   B.  ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOLS IN ORGANIZING  AND  CONDUCTING  URBAN
 AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS;
   C. IMPROVE EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN:
   I. SELECTING TREE SPECIES APPROPRIATE FOR PLANTING IN URBAN AND COMMU-
 NITY ENVIRONMENTS AND FOR PROMOTION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION;
   II. PROVIDING FOR PROPER TREE PLANTING, MAINTENANCE, AND PROTECTION IN
 URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES;
   III.  PROTECTING  INDIVIDUAL TREES AND PRESERVING EXISTING OPEN SPACES
 WITH OR WITHOUT TREE COVER; AND
   IV. IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDING TREE COVER IN URBAN  AREAS
 AND COMMUNITIES;
   D.  ASSIST  IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR
 TREES AND ASSOCIATED RESOURCES IN URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES;
   E. INCREASE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENERGY CONSERVATION, ECONOMIC,
 SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VALUES OF TREES AND OPEN  SPACE
 IN URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES;
   F.  DEVELOP A LEGACY TREE PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATELY OWNED TREES
 WITHIN URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  APPROPRIATE FORMS, FORMAL DESIGNATION
 PROCESSES, MAPPING AND SIGNAGE ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH TREES AND THE INCORPO-
 RATION OF SUCH LEGACY  TREE  PROGRAM  INTO  LOCAL  LAWS  AND  ORDINANCES
 PROVIDING FOR SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS FOR SUCH LEGACY TREES;
   G. DEVELOP AN URBAN FORESTRY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS
 THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE FOR
 THE  RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO A REGU-
 LAR ROUTINE AND WORK SCHEDULE TO PERFORM REQUIRED TASKS;
   H. IDENTIFY AND MAP ALL NATURALIZED WOODLANDS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; AND
   I. IDENTIFY AND MAP ALL NATURALIZED WOODLANDS ON PRIVATE  PROPERTY  IN
 EXCESS OF ONE ACRE.
 § 9-2303. URBAN TREE PLANTING STUDY AND WORKING GROUP.
   1.  NOT  LATER  THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE,
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND
 MARKETS, SHALL COMPLETE A STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE
 STATEWIDE COMMUNITY AND URBAN TREE PLANTING PROGRAM.
   2. IN CONDUCTING SUCH STUDY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT  WITH  INDI-
 VIDUALS,  INCLUDING ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS FROM NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, HAVING EXPERTISE  IN  FOREST  SUSTAINABILITY,  BIODIVERSITY,  AND
 CLIMATE  SCIENCE,  AS  WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
 LOCATED WITHIN BOREAL REGIONS, AND SHALL HOLD AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC  HEAR-
 ING,  AND  MAY  BASE  STUDY  FINDINGS  ON EXISTING LITERATURE, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE WORKING GROUP ESTAB-
 LISHED BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION NO  LATER  THAN  SIXTY  DAYS
 PRIOR  TO  THE COMPLETION OF THE STUDY AND CONSULTED PRIOR TO THE IMPLE-
 MENTATION OF ANY STATEWIDE PLAN DEVELOPED PURSUANT THERETO.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  WORKING  GROUP  CONSISTING  OF
 FIFTEEN MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS FOLLOWS:
   A.  TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING NATIONAL NONPROFIT FORESTRY AND CONSERVA-
 TION CITIZEN ORGANIZATIONS;
   B. THREE MEMBERS, ONE REPRESENTING THE STATE GOVERNMENT,  ONE  REPRES-
 ENTING  COUNTY  GOVERNMENTS, AND ONE REPRESENTING CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE
 GOVERNMENTS;
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   C. ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO URBAN FORESTRY PRODUCTS, NURSERIES, TREE CARE AND LANDSCAPING
 SERVICES AND OTHER FORESTRY RELATED INTERESTS;
   D.  ONE  MEMBER  REPRESENTING  URBAN  FORESTRY,  LANDSCAPE,  OR DESIGN
 CONSULTANTS;
   E. TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS  WITH  EXPERTISE  IN
 URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY ACTIVITIES;
   F.  ONE  MEMBER  REPRESENTING  FOREST  RESOURCES  RELATED AGENCIES AND
 ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STATE;
   G. ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A PROFESSIONAL RENEWABLE  NATURAL  RESOURCE
 OR ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY;
   H. ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICUL-
 TURE OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;
   I. ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; AND
   J.  TWO  MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL
 BODY WHO HAVE EXPERTISE AND HAVE BEEN  ACTIVE  IN  URBAN  AND  COMMUNITY
 FORESTRY,  ONE  OF  WHOM SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF A COMMUNITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND AS OF THE MOST RECENT CENSUS.
 § 9-2305. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
   1. EVERY TREE PURCHASED PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  BY  THIS
 TITLE  SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH
 IN THE LATEST EDITION OF THE AMERICAN STANDARD FOR NURSERY  STOCK  (ANSI
 Z60.1), AS REVISED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUS-
 TRY ASSOCIATION OR A SUCCESSOR ENTITY THERETO.
   2. EVERY SUCH TREE SHALL BE PURCHASED FROM A NURSERY GROWER OR NURSERY
 DEALER  REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW OR OTHERWISE CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTRY, STATE
 OR PROVINCE OF ORIGIN PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL
 BE POSTED IN ALL BIDDING DOCUMENTS.
   3.  EVERY  TREE  PROPOSED TO BE PLANTED IN A NATURALIZED AREA SHALL BE
 FROM SEED SOURCED LOCALLY. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  SEED  IS
 SOURCED "LOCALLY" IF IT ORIGINATED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILES OF THE
 LOCATION WHERE SUCH TREE IS PROPOSED TO BE PLANTED.
   4.  TREES  PLANTED  ACROSS  PUBLIC  AND PRIVATE PROPERTY SHALL REFLECT
 SPECIES DIVERSITY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
   5. EVERY TREE PLANTED OR REPLANTED SHALL BE CARED FOR  AND  MAINTAINED
 IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES SET FORTH IN THE LATEST
 EDITION OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TREE CARE OPERATIONS (ANSI
 A300), AS REVISED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TREE  CARE  INDUSTRY  ASSOCI-
 ATION OR A SUCCESSOR ENTITY THERETO.
   6.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  AUTHORIZE  THE  SALE, PURCHASE,
 POSSESSION,  PROPAGATION,  INTRODUCTION,  IMPORTATION,   TRANSPORT   AND
 DISPOSAL  OF  AN  INVASIVE  SPECIES  PROHIBITED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF TITLE SEVENTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY
 FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
 § 9-2307. URBAN FORESTRY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
   1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH  A  PROGRAM  TO  RECRUIT  AND  TRAIN
 VOLUNTEERS  WHO  RESIDE  IN  URBAN AREAS AND COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY AND
 ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF SUCH URBAN AREAS AND  COMMUNITIES  AND  TO
 PROVIDE  REGULAR  ASSISTANCE  TO  DEPARTMENT  STAFF  IN CARRYING OUT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRICULTURE
 AND MARKETS AND THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRES-
 ERVATION,  SHALL  PROVIDE  APPROPRIATE  TRAINING TO VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF
 RELATING TO FORESTRY AND TREE PLANTING. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE  BUT
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 SHALL  NOT BE LIMITED TO DETECTION AND RAPID RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL PROB-
 LEMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISASTER PROTO-
 COLS FOR DEALING WITH WOODY MATERIALS AND OTHER PRACTICES AND  STANDARDS
 ESTABLISHED  BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE EDITIONS IDEN-
 TIFIED IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND FIVE OF SECTION 9-2305 OF THIS TITLE.
 § 9-2309. PROGRAM GOALS.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE,  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  INVEST  OR  DIRECT  AVAILABLE AND RELEVANT PROGRAM RESOURCES IN A
 MANNER DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE  A  GOAL  FOR  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES  TO
 RECEIVE  FORTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  OVERALL  BENEFITS  OF  SPENDING ON THE
 PROGRAM,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  ANY  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT,
 POLLUTION  REDUCTION, INVENTORY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESULTING FROM
 SUCH SPENDING; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES  SHALL
 RECEIVE  NO  LESS THAN FORTY PERCENT OF THE OVERALL BENEFITS OF SPENDING
 ON THE URBAN AND COMMUNITY  TREE  PLANTING  AND  FORESTRY  PROGRAM,  AND
 PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  ALTER  FUNDS ALREADY
 CONTRACTED OR COMMITTED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
 § 9-2311. PROGRAM GRANTS; FUND ESTABLISHED.
   1. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO UTILIZE FUNDS IN  THE  NEW
 YORK URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND FORESTRY PROGRAM FUND, ESTAB-
 LISHED  BY  SECTION  NINETY-NINE-QQ  OF  THE  STATE FINANCE LAW, FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE URBAN AND  COMMUNITY  TREE
 PLANTING AND FORESTRY PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE.
   2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANS-
 FERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.    NOTHING
 CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR
 BEQUESTS  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND
 DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT  AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR
 THE  COMMISSIONER'S DESIGNEE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS ADOPTED FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE WORKING GROUP.
   4.  MONEYS OF SUCH FUND SHALL BE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO ELIGIBLE COMMUNI-
 TIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS, FOR URBAN AND  COMMUNITY
 FORESTRY  PROJECTS  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT FOR SUCH PURPOSE  AFTER  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  WORKING
 GROUP  AND  IN  A  MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 9-2309 OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-qq to
 read as follows:
   § 99-QQ. NEW YORK URBAN  AND  COMMUNITY  TREE  PLANTING  AND  FORESTRY
 PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE
 STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND  COMMISSIONER  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL
 FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK URBAN AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING  AND
 FORESTRY PROGRAM FUND" OR THE "FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE COMPTROLLER
 AND  ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
 ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO  LAW.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
 SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING
 TO LAW.
   3.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OR THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSER-
 VATION'S DESIGNEE.
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   4.  MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVI-
 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADMINISTERING THE  URBAN  AND
 COMMUNITY  TREE  PLANTING  AND FORESTRY PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE
 TWENTY-THREE OF ARTICLE NINE  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,
 INCLUDING  THE  AWARDING  OF GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY
 ELIGIBLE COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 9-2311 OF THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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