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Assembly Bill A1903A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades

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2023-A1903 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6257
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6952, S6751
2025-2026: A933, S6538

2023-A1903 - Summary

Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines.

2023-A1903 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1903
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  development  of
   uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 94-c  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1)  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE
 SITING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION  OF  MAJOR  RENEWABLE  ENERGY
 FACILITIES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVI-
 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE COLORING
 OF  WIND  TURBINE  ROTOR  BLADES.  THE  UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE  DESIGNED  TO  AVOID  OR
 MINIMIZE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ANY BIRD COLLISIONS ARISING
 FROM THE SITING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A MAJOR RENEWABLE
 ENERGY FACILITY UTILIZING WIND TURBINES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
 subdivision 3 of section 94-c of the executive law made by  section  one
 of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
 deemed  to expire therewith. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03175-01-3

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2023-A1903A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6257
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6952, S6751
2025-2026: A933, S6538

2023-A1903A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines.

2023-A1903A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1903--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to the development of
   uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  3  of section 94-c of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1) IN ADDITION TO THE UNIFORM  STANDARDS  AND  CONDITIONS  FOR  THE
 SITING,  DESIGN,  CONSTRUCTION  AND  OPERATION OF MAJOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
 FACILITIES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 THE  OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE COLORING
 OF WIND TURBINE ROTOR  BLADES.  THE  UNIFORM  STANDARDS  AND  CONDITIONS
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH SHALL BE DESIGNED TO AVOID OR
 MINIMIZE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ANY BIRD COLLISIONS ARISING
 FROM THE SITING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A MAJOR RENEWABLE
 ENERGY FACILITY UTILIZING WIND TURBINES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 a determination has been made by the federal aviation administration  to
 allow  for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades; provided, however,
 that:
   (a) the office of renewable energy siting shall notify the legislative
 bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of such determination  made
 by the federal aviation administration to allow for the coloring of wind
 turbine  rotor blades in order that the commission may maintain an accu-
 rate and timely effective database of the official text of the  laws  of
 the  State  of  New  York  in furtherance of effecting the provisions of
 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
 cers law; and
   (b)  the  amendments to subdivision 3 of section 94-c of the executive
 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the  expiration  of
 such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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