STATE OF NEW YORK
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8275--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 25, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, BURDICK, STERN, FAHY, MAGNARELLI, GOTT-
FRIED, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to the use of pollinator
friendly plant species in medians along the highways of the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 19-a to
2 read as follows:
3 § 19-a. Pollinator friendly plant species; medians. 1. The commis-
4 sioner shall, in cooperation with the department of environmental
5 conservation, develop policies and procedures to encourage the use of
6 native plant species that are pollinator friendly in medians along high-
7 ways under the jurisdiction of the department and to encourage and
8 provide technical assistance to counties, cities, towns and villages in
9 the use of native plant species that are pollinator friendly in medians
10 along highways under the respective jurisdiction of such counties,
11 cities, towns and villages.
12 2. The commissioner shall develop policies and procedures for mowing
13 medians located along highways on the state system of highways that
14 will, wherever feasible and consistent with standards of safety for
15 motor vehicle operators, cyclists, and pedestrians, reduce the amount of
16 area within such highway medians that is mowed.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
18 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
19 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
20 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
21 completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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