NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4003A
SPONSOR: Glick TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife
management areas and unique areas for gas and oil production
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill to protect certain lands from oil and gas
production leasing.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would prohibit the exploration, development and production of
Gas and oil on state-owned state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife
management areas, and unique areas.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently the exploration, development and production of gas and oil in
state-owned lands is prohibited in state parks and the lands under the
waters of Lake Ontario or along its shorelines. This bill would add
state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas to the public-
ly owned lands where the exploration, development and production of gas
is prohibited.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-22:A.4242- Referred to Environmental Conservation Committee
2019-20:A.4167- Referred to Environmental Conservation Committee
2017-18:A.5021- Referred to Environmental Conservation Committee
2015-16:A.6682- Referred to Environmental Conservation Committee
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4003--A
Cal. No. 307
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
sec. 2 -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading,
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of
third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife
management areas and unique areas for gas and oil production
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of section 23-1101 of
2 the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws
3 of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
4 a. The exploration, development and production of gas in state-owned
5 lands, except state park lands, state forests, reforestation areas,
6 wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district
7 as defined in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the
8 waters of Lake Ontario or along its shoreline; and
9 b. The exploration, development and production of oil in state-owned
10 lands, except state park lands, state forests, reforestation areas,
11 wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district
12 as defined in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the
13 waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario or along their shorelines.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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