STATE OF NEW YORK
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9479
IN SENATE
March 17, 2026
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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 the
definition of tidal wetlands
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 25-0103 of the
2 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of
3 1973, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) those areas in the marine and coastal district, as described in
5 section 13-0103 of this chapter, which border on or lie beneath tidal
6 waters, such as, but not limited to, banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps,
7 meadows, flats or other low lands subject to tidal action, including
8 those areas now or formerly connected to tidal waters;
9 § 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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