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A04021 Summary:

BILL NO	A04021
SAME AS	SAME AS S06868
SPONSOR	Steck
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §37-0122, En Con L
Prohibits the installation or replacement of synthetic turf at outdoor athletic fields and facilities owned or operated by municipalities or school districts in the state.

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A04021 Actions:

BILL NO	A04021
01/30/2025	referred to environmental conservation
01/07/2026	referred to environmental conservation

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A04021 Committee Votes:

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A04021 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4021
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 30, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the  installation  or  replacement  of  synthetic turf at
          outdoor athletic fields or outdoor athletic facilities owned or  oper-
          ated by municipalities or school districts
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 37-0122 to read as follows:
     3  § 37-0122. Synthetic turf; prohibited.
     4    1.  After January first, two thousand twenty-six, synthetic turf shall
     5  not be used in the  installation  or  replacement  of  outdoor  athletic
     6  fields  or  outdoor  athletic  facilities  owned  or operated by munici-
     7  palities or school districts in the state.
     8    2. For the purposes of this section, "synthetic turf" means any  mate-
     9  rials  or  compositions  that  are historically used in place of natural
    10  grass.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07107-03-5

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