S08931 Summary:

BILL NOS08931
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10239
 
SPONSORHINCHEY
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §239-c, Gen Muni L; amd §§27 & 81, Gen City L; amd §§267 & 271, Town L; amd §§7-712 & 7-718, Vil L
 
Requires certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning training annually.
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S08931 Actions:

BILL NOS08931
 
04/01/2024REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
05/20/20241ST REPORT CAL.1229
05/21/20242ND REPORT CAL.
05/22/2024ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/30/2024PASSED SENATE
05/30/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/30/2024referred to local governments
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S08931 Committee Votes:

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S08931 Floor Votes:

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S08931 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8931
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      April 1, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the  general  city  law,  the
          town law, and the village law, in relation to requiring certain munic-
          ipal  planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive environ-
          mentally conscious planning training

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (d) of subdivision 2 of
     2  section 239-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 662 of
     3  the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) Each member of a county planning board shall complete, at a  mini-
     5  mum,  [four]  five  hours  of training each year designed to enable such
     6  members to more effectively carry out their duties. Training received by
     7  a member in excess of [four] five hours in  any  one  year,  except  for
     8  environmentally  conscious planning training, may be carried over by the
     9  member into succeeding years in order to meet the requirements  of  this
    10  paragraph.  Such  training  shall  be  approved  by  the  county and may
    11  include, but not be limited to, training provided by a regional or coun-
    12  ty planning office or  commission,  county  planning  federation,  state
    13  agency,  statewide municipal association, college or other similar enti-
    14  ty.  Training shall include at least one hour related to environmentally
    15  conscious planning, including, but not to be  limited  to,  training  to
    16  meet  the goals of and compliance with the climate leadership and commu-
    17  nity protection act, including any grant and funding  opportunities  for
    18  counties,  farmland  and natural resource conservation, climate justice,
    19  environmentally conscious site design, building material techniques  and
    20  water  mitigation  and  energy  systems  best practices. Training may be
    21  provided in a variety of formats, including but not  limited  to,  elec-
    22  tronic  media, video, distance learning and traditional classroom train-
    23  ing.
    24    § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 7-a of section 27 of the general  city
    25  law,  as added by chapter 662 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
    26  follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13888-02-4

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     1    a. Each member of the planning board of a city, except a city having a
     2  population of more than one  million,  shall  complete,  at  a  minimum,
     3  [four]  five hours of training each year designed to enable such members
     4  to more effectively carry out  their  duties.  Training  received  by  a
     5  member  in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for envi-
     6  ronmentally conscious planning training, may  be  carried  over  by  the
     7  member  into  succeeding years in order to meet the requirements of this
     8  subdivision. Such training shall be approved by the legislative body and
     9  may include, but not be limited to, training provided by a municipality,
    10  regional or county planning office or commission, county planning feder-
    11  ation, state agency, statewide municipal association, college  or  other
    12  similar  entity.    Training  shall include at least one hour related to
    13  environmentally conscious planning, including, but not to be limited to,
    14  training to meet the goals of and compliance with the climate leadership
    15  and community protection act, including any grant and  funding  opportu-
    16  nities for counties, farmland and natural resource conservation, climate
    17  justice,  environmentally conscious site design, building material tech-
    18  niques and water mitigation and energy systems best practices.  Training
    19  may  be  provided in a variety of formats, including but not limited to,
    20  electronic media, video, distance  learning  and  traditional  classroom
    21  training.
    22    §  3.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 7-a of section 81 of the general
    23  city law, as added by chapter 662 of the laws of  2006,  is  amended  to
    24  read as follows:
    25    (a)  Each  member  of  the  board  of appeals in a city, except a city
    26  having a population of more than one million, shall complete, at a mini-
    27  mum, [four] five hours of training each year  designed  to  enable  such
    28  members to more effectively carry out their duties. Training received by
    29  a  member  in  excess  of  [four] five hours in any one year, except for
    30  environmentally conscious planning training, may be carried over by  the
    31  member  into  succeeding years in order to meet the requirements of this
    32  subdivision. Such training shall be approved by the legislative body and
    33  may include, but not be limited to, training provided by a municipality,
    34  regional or county planning office or commission, county planning feder-
    35  ation, state agency, statewide municipal association, college  or  other
    36  similar  entity.    Training  shall include at least one hour related to
    37  environmentally conscious planning, including, but not to be limited to,
    38  training to meet the goals of and compliance with the climate leadership
    39  and community protection act, including any grant and  funding  opportu-
    40  nities for counties, farmland and natural resource conservation, climate
    41  justice,  environmentally conscious site design, building material tech-
    42  niques and water mitigation and energy systems best practices.  Training
    43  may  be  provided in a variety of formats, including but not limited to,
    44  electronic media, video, distance  learning  and  traditional  classroom
    45  training.
    46    §  4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7-a of section 267 of the town law,
    47  as added by chapter 662 of the laws of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
    48  follows:
    49    (a)  Each member of the board of appeals shall complete, at a minimum,
    50  [four] five hours of training each year designed to enable such  members
    51  to  more  effectively  carry  out  their  duties. Training received by a
    52  member in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for  envi-
    53  ronmentally  conscious  planning  training,  may  be carried over by the
    54  member into succeeding years in order to meet the requirements  of  this
    55  subdivision.  Such  training shall be approved by the town board and may
    56  include, but not be limited to, training  provided  by  a  municipality,

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     1  regional or county planning office or commission, county planning feder-
     2  ation,  state  agency, statewide municipal association, college or other
     3  similar entity.  Training shall include at least  one  hour  related  to
     4  environmentally conscious planning, including, but not to be limited to,
     5  training to meet the goals of and compliance with the climate leadership
     6  and  community  protection act, including any grant and funding opportu-
     7  nities for counties, farmland and natural resource conservation, climate
     8  justice, environmentally conscious site design, building material  tech-
     9  niques  and water mitigation and energy systems best practices. Training
    10  may be provided in a variety of formats, including but not  limited  to,
    11  electronic  media,  video,  distance  learning and traditional classroom
    12  training.
    13    § 5.  Paragraph a of subdivision 7-a of section 271 of the  town  law,
    14  as  added  by  chapter  662  of  the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
    15  follows:
    16    a. Each member of the planning board shall  complete,  at  a  minimum,
    17  [four]  five hours of training each year designed to enable such members
    18  to more effectively carry out  their  duties.  Training  received  by  a
    19  member  in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for envi-
    20  ronmentally conscious planning training, may  be  carried  over  by  the
    21  member  into  succeeding years in order to meet the requirements of this
    22  subdivision. Such training shall be approved by the town board  and  may
    23  include,  but  not  be  limited to, training provided by a municipality,
    24  regional or county planning office or commission, county planning feder-
    25  ation, state agency, statewide municipal association, college  or  other
    26  similar  entity.    Training  shall include at least one hour related to
    27  environmentally conscious planning, including, but not to be limited to,
    28  training to meet the goals of and compliance with the climate leadership
    29  and community protection act, including any grant and  funding  opportu-
    30  nities for counties, farmland and natural resource conservation, climate
    31  justice,  environmentally conscious site design, building material tech-
    32  niques and water mitigation and energy systems best practices.  Training
    33  may  be  provided in a variety of formats, including but not limited to,
    34  electronic media, video, distance  learning  and  traditional  classroom
    35  training.
    36    §  6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7-a of section 7-712 of the village
    37  law, as added by chapter 662 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
    38  follows:
    39    (a)  Each member of the board of appeals shall complete, at a minimum,
    40  [four] five hours of training each year designed to enable such  members
    41  to  more  effectively  carry  out  their  duties. Training received by a
    42  member in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for  envi-
    43  ronmentally  conscious  planning  training,  may  be carried over by the
    44  member into succeeding years in order to meet the requirements  of  this
    45  subdivision.  Such  training  shall be approved by the board of trustees
    46  and may include, but not be limited to, training provided by  a  munici-
    47  pality,  regional  or county planning office or commission, county plan-
    48  ning federation, state agency, statewide municipal association,  college
    49  or  other  similar  entity.    Training  shall include at least one hour
    50  related to environmentally conscious planning, including, but not to  be
    51  limited  to,  training  to  meet  the  goals  of and compliance with the
    52  climate leadership and community protection act, including any grant and
    53  funding  opportunities  for  counties,  farmland  and  natural  resource
    54  conservation,  climate  justice,  environmentally conscious site design,
    55  building material techniques and water  mitigation  and  energy  systems
    56  best  practices.  Training  may  be  provided  in  a variety of formats,

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     1  including but not limited to, electronic media, video, distance learning
     2  and traditional classroom training.
     3    §  7.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 7-a of section 7-718 of the village
     4  law, as added by chapter 662 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
     5  follows:
     6    a.  Each  member  of  the planning board shall complete, at a minimum,
     7  [four] five hours of training each year designed to enable such  members
     8  to  more  effectively  carry  out  their  duties. Training received by a
     9  member in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for  envi-
    10  ronmentally  conscious  planning  training,  may  be carried over by the
    11  member into succeeding years in order to meet the requirements  of  this
    12  subdivision.  Such  training  shall be approved by the board of trustees
    13  and may include, but not be limited to, training provided by  a  munici-
    14  pality,  regional  or county planning office or commission, county plan-
    15  ning federation, state agency, statewide municipal association,  college
    16  or  other  similar  entity.    Training  shall include at least one hour
    17  related to environmentally conscious planning, including, but not to  be
    18  limited  to,  training  to  meet  the  goals  of and compliance with the
    19  climate leadership and community protection act, including any grant and
    20  funding  opportunities  for  counties,  farmland  and  natural  resource
    21  conservation,  climate  justice,  environmentally conscious site design,
    22  building material techniques and water  mitigation  and  energy  systems
    23  best  practices.  Training  may  be  provided  in  a variety of formats,
    24  including but not limited to, electronic media, video, distance learning
    25  and traditional classroom training.
    26    § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    27  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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