S05982 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05982 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | HARCKHAM |
| COSPNSR | MAY, WEBB |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §9-1709, En Con L | |
| Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to independently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis pending review by the department of agriculture and markets in consultation with the New York invasive species council. | |
S05982 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5982 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing the department of environmental conservation to independ- ently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 9-1709 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 4 contrary, the department shall have the authority to independently add 5 to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergen- 6 cy basis pending review by the department of agriculture and markets in 7 consultation with the council. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00137-01-5