Assembly Actions -
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May 13, 2024 |
advanced to third reading |
May 08, 2024 |
2nd report cal. |
May 07, 2024 |
1st report cal.960 |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jan 19, 2023 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S2273
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) 1st Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
2023-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2273 SPONSOR: PALUMBO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to designating the Montauk Point shoals area as an important bird area and making such area part of the New York state bird conservation area program PURPOSE: To designate the Montauk Point shoals area of Suffolk County as an important bird area. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation will amend section 11-2001 of the environmental conser- vation law to declare the Montauk Point shoals area of Suffolk County an important bird area and the Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner shall designate the area as a part of the New York State Bird Conservation Area (BCA) program. This legislation shall not impose
2023-S2273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2273 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 designating the Montauk Point shoals area as an important bird area and making such area part of the New York state bird conservation area program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 11-2001 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 7. A. THE MONTAUK POINT SHOALS AREA OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, HAVING MET THE CRITERIA OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN IMPORTANT BIRD AREA AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIG- NATE SUCH AREA AS PART OF THE NEW YORK STATE BIRD CONSERVATION AREA PROGRAM. B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, "MONTAUK POINT SHOALS AREA" MEANS THOSE MARINE AND COASTAL AREAS OFF THE SHORE OF MONTAUK POINT, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, EXTENDING TO THE COASTAL WATERS WITHIN A SIXTY FOOT BATHYMETRIC CONTOUR THAT ENCOMPASSES THE AREA BEGINNING JUST WEST OF SHAGWONG POINT ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF MONTAUK POINT, CONTINUING EAST AROUND MONTAUK POINT, AND TERMINATING JUST EAST OF DITCH PLAINS ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SIDE OF MONTAUK POINT. SUCH AREA CONSISTING OF WATERS THAT ARE SIXTY OR LESS FEET IN DEPTH, AND WITHIN BETWEEN THREE AND ONE- HALF TO FOUR MILES FROM THE SHORELINE. PROVIDED, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH AREA, BY RULE, AS HE OR SHE SHALL DEEM NECESSARY. C. THAT PORTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE BIRD CONSERVATION AREA PROGRAM DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "MONTAUK POINT SHOALS BIRD CONSERVATION AREA". D. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO IMPOSE NEW FISHING RESTRICTIONS. § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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