Amd §49-0113, En Con L (as proposed in S.6191-A & A.5390-B)
Requires the department of environmental conservation to post draft strategies and methodology developed no later than July 1, 2024; requires at least one public hearing and posting of the final goal strategies and methodology on such department's website.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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606
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
public awareness and involvement in the thirty by thirty conservation
plan
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 49-0113 of the environ-
2 mental conservation law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022
3 amending the environmental conservation law relating to setting conser-
4 vation goals for the state and including efforts to combat the biodiver-
5 sity and climate crises in the state's land acquisition policy, as
6 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6191-A and A. 5390-B, are
7 amended to read as follows:
8 3. Conservation measures shall be undertaken in ways that serve all
9 communities, including low-income, disadvantaged and vulnerable communi-
10 ties, including by ensuring meaningful opportunities for public input
11 and involvement.
12 4. The department [and office shall prepare a draft plan and shall
13 propose no later than July first, two thousand twenty-two, a schedule of
14 public hearings thereon.
15 5. On or before July first, two thousand twenty-three and every three
16 years thereafter, the department and office shall submit the plan and
17 any recommendations to the governor and legislature] shall post the
18 draft strategies and methodology developed to meet the goal no later
19 than July first, two thousand twenty-four and hold at least one public
20 hearing thereon. The department shall post the final goal strategies and
21 methodology on its website.
22 5. The department shall maintain and, at least annually, update its
23 website to provide information with regard to the implementation and
24 status of the goal.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
2 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the environmental
3 conservation law relating to setting conservation goals for the state
4 and including efforts to combat the biodiversity and climate crises in
5 the state's land acquisition policy, as proposed in legislative bills
6 numbers S. 6191-A and A. 5390-B, takes effect.
