A04568 Summary:

BILL NOA04568
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02130
 
SPONSOREnglebright (MS)
 
COSPNSRThiele, D'Urso, Colton, Weprin, Ramos, Rosenthal L, Abinanti, Gottfried, Glick, Romeo, Ryan, Epstein, Griffin, Byrne, Steck, Jaffee, Jacobson, Carroll, Seawright, Ortiz, Reyes, Simon
 
MLTSPNSRGalef
 
Add §17-2104, En Con L
 
Relates to the sale or use of nitrogen fertilizer; prohibits the sale or use of fertilizer in Nassau or Suffolk counties other than low nitrogen fertilizer; requires the department of environmental conservation to report to the governor and legislature regarding expanding the prohibition to other areas of the state.
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A04568 Actions:

BILL NOA04568
 
02/04/2019referred to environmental conservation
03/12/2019reported referred to codes
03/18/2019reported
03/21/2019advanced to third reading cal.157
01/08/2020ordered to third reading cal.173
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A04568 Committee Votes:

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Englebright DATE:03/12/2019AYE/NAY:25/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes
EnglebrightAyeStecNay
GlickAyeRaiaAye
ColtonAyePalumboAye
CymbrowitzAyeMiller MLExcused
LiftonAyeMiller B Nay
O'DonnellAyeTagueNay
GuntherAyeLiPetriAye
JaffeeAyeSmullenNay
CrespoAye
ThieleAye
AbinantiAye
RyanAye
FahyAye
OtisAye
WilliamsAye
BarrettAye
D'UrsoAye
CarrollAye
BurkeAye
GriffinAye
RomeoAye
EpsteinAye

CODES Chair:Lentol DATE:03/18/2019AYE/NAY:17/4 Action: Favorable
LentolAyeRaAye
SchimmingerNayGiglioNay
PretlowAyeMontesanoNay
CookAyeMorinelloNay
CymbrowitzAyePalumboAye
O'DonnellAbsentGarbarinoAye
LavineAye
PerryAye
ZebrowskiAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
MosleyAye
HevesiAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye

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A04568 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A04568 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4568
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, D'URSO, COLTON, WEPRIN,
          RAMOS, L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI, GOTTFRIED, GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored  by
          --  M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Envi-
          ronmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
          sale or use of nitrogen fertilizer

          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 17-2104 to read as follows:
     3  § 17-2104. Sale or use of nitrogen fertilizer restricted.
     4    1.  For  the purposes of this section, "low nitrogen fertilizer" shall
     5  mean fertilizer containing not more  than  twelve  percent  nitrogen  by
     6  weight, of which at least half must be water insoluble nitrogen, common-
     7  ly referred to as slow release nitrogen.
     8    2.  No  person  shall  apply or authorize any person by way of service
     9  contract or other arrangement to apply in Nassau or Suffolk  county  any
    10  fertilizer  on  lawn  or  non-agricultural turf, other than low nitrogen
    11  fertilizer.
    12    3. Beginning December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, retailers
    13  in Nassau and/or Suffolk county shall sell or offer for  sale  only  low
    14  nitrogen fertilizer.
    15    4.  Nothing  in  this title shall impair or supersede the authority of
    16  the commissioner of agriculture and markets pursuant to articles ten and
    17  twenty-five-AA of the agriculture and markets law.
    18    § 2. No later than June  1,  2022,  the  department  of  environmental
    19  conservation  shall  prepare  a  report  to the governor and legislature
    20  regarding expanding the sales  and  use  prohibition  on  high  nitrogen
    21  fertilizer in other areas of the state.
    22    §  3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2021; provided, however,
    23  that persons may continue to use non-conforming nitrogen  fertilizer  on
    24  lawn and non-agricultural turf after December 31, 2021 if such fertiliz-
    25  er was purchased prior to such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07671-01-9
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