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Assembly Bill A10271

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds

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2025-A10271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9206
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Real Property
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Chap 306 of 2011

2025-A10271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends, until December 31, 2027, the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds.

2025-A10271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10271
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 306 of the laws of 2011  authorizing  owners  of
   residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the borough
   of  Staten  Island  to  cut  and  remove reeds from their property, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3 of chapter 306 of the laws of 2011 authorizing
 owners of residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the
 borough of Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property, as
 amended by chapter 216 of the laws  of  2025,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed  December 31, [2026] 2027.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14869-01-6

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