Assembly Bill A4405

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relating to selectively cutting timber

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A4405 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3434
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24-0701, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7813
2011-2012: S4361
2013-2014: S4357
2015-2016: S1369, S6607
2017-2018: S7800
2019-2020: S447
2021-2022: A8527, S2254
2023-2024: A2952, S3206

2025-A4405 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to selectively cutting timber and exclusion of current best management practices from regulated activities.

2025-A4405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4405
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   selectively cutting timber
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  24-0701 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by section 7 of part QQ of  chapter  58  of
 the laws of 2022, is  amended to read as follows:
   4. On lands in active agricultural use or silviculture use, the activ-
 ities of farmers and other landowners in grazing and watering livestock,
 making reasonable use of water resources, harvesting natural products of
 the  wetlands, selectively cutting timber, draining land or wetlands for
 growing agricultural products and  otherwise  engaging  in  the  use  of
 wetlands  or  other  land  for  growing  agricultural  products shall be
 excluded from regulated activities and shall not require a permit  under
 subdivision one of this section, except that structures not required for
 enhancement  or maintenance of the agricultural productivity of the land
 and any filling activities shall not be excluded hereunder, and provided
 that the use of land that meets the definition of a  freshwater  wetland
 in section 24-0107 of this article for uses other than those referred to
 in  this subdivision shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
 WHEN  SELECTIVELY  CUTTING TIMBER, THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF TEMPORARY
 SKIDDER TRAILS AND MACHINERY,  USING  CURRENT  BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
 AS DEFINED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE  FOREST
 SERVICES,   FOR   THE  REMOVAL  OF SUCH  TIMBER  SHALL  BE EXCLUDED FROM
 REGULATED ACTIVITIES AND SHALL NOT REQUIRE A  PERMIT  UNDER  SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION. All activities on lands that meet the definition of
 a  freshwater wetland shall be subject to the provisions of this article
 once agricultural or silviculture activities cease.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05961-01-5

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