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A08083 Summary:

A08083 Actions:

A08083 Committee Votes:

Committee:AGRICULTURE   Chair:Magee      
DATE:02/06/2018AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Magee
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Rosenthal
Excused
Finch
Aye
Jenne
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Skartados
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Stirpe
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Sepulveda
Aye
Skoufis
Aye
Woerner
Aye
Jones
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/08/2018AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Walter
Aye
Perry
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Colton
Aye
Curran
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

A08083 Floor Votes:

A08083 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8083--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 25, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAGEE, SEPULVEDA, SIMON, L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC,
          GALEF, QUART, CARROLL, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI, LIFTON,  STECK  --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. BUCHWALD, LUPARDO -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
          Agriculture  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  guide-
          lines for pollinator protection
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 49 to read as follows:
     3    49. Develop, in consultation  with  the  department  of  environmental
     4  conservation  and  institutions  of  higher  education with expertise in
     5  pollinator protection,  minimum  guidelines  for  vegetation  management
     6  plans used by any person, corporation, partnership, association or other
     7  organized group of persons who make public claims that their property or
     8  commercial enterprise on a property, including, but not limited to solar
     9  electric generating systems, is pollinator friendly or provides benefits
    10  and  protection  to  pollinators. Such guidelines shall provide guidance
    11  for short-term and long-term property management practices that  provide
    12  and maintain native perennial vegetation to protect the health and well-
    13  being of pollinators including, but not limited to the percentage of the
    14  property that may be covered with native perennial vegetation; the type,
    15  amount,  and  diversity of native perennial vegetation that may be main-
    16  tained on the property; the number of seasons and the minimum number  of
    17  species of native perennial vegetation that may be in bloom; maintenance
    18  practices  to  be used; the use of pesticides; the width and composition
    19  of buffers adjacent to the property; and  any  other  guidelines  estab-
    20  lished by the department. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11674-09-8
        A. 8083--A                          2
 
     1  restrict  any farming practices by any person, corporation, partnership,
     2  association or other organized group of persons not making  such  public
     3  claims.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.