STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1875 A. 2020
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
defense and indemnification of towns and villages by the state under
the Long Island Pine Barrens act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 57-0123 of the environmental
2 conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as
3 follows:
4 (d) There shall be no defense or indemnity for a town or a village
5 pursuant to this subdivision where the land use and zoning regulations
6 of such town or village do not provide sufficient receiving districts to
7 accommodate the number of pine barrens development credits outstanding
8 in such town or village. The commission, annually on June thirtieth,
9 shall certify by unanimous vote that for each town and village, it has
10 sufficient receiving districts to accommodate the number of pine barrens
11 development credits outstanding. Where the commission fails to make such
12 a certification for a town or village, there shall be no defense or
13 indemnity for such town or village until the commission again so certi-
14 fies. Where a town or village is not certified, it may thereafter amend
15 its land use and zoning and petition the commission for recertification.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
17 the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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