Prohibits the location of certain wind electric generation facilities within forty miles of an airfield or airbase under jurisdiction of any federal military department.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1755--A
Cal. No. 1350
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third read-
ing, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order
of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to location of
certain wind electric generation facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 168 of the public service law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. The board may not grant a certificate for the construction or
4 operation of a wind electric generation facility to be located within
5 forty miles of an airfield or airbase under jurisdiction of any federal
6 military department which is in active use.
7 § 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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