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S01959 Summary:

BILL NO	S01959
SAME AS	SAME AS A01502
SPONSOR	LATIMER
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §9-1505, En Con L
Authorizes local governments to adopt a local law or ordinance requiring property owners to replace each tree removed from their property with up to three trees and authorizes the imposition of property tax credits and reasonable fines.

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S01959 Actions:

BILL NO	S01959
01/11/2017	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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S01959 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1959
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          authorizing  local  governments  to require property owners to replace
          trees which are removed

          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 9-1505 to read as follows:
     3  § 9-1505. Replacement of trees.
     4    Any local government is authorized and empowered to adopt a local  law
     5  or ordinance requiring a property owner to plant trees in replacement of
     6  trees  removed  from  the  property  owner's property. Such local law or
     7  ordinance may require the property owner to plant up to three trees  for
     8  each  tree  removed  and may include property tax credits and reasonable
     9  fines as determined by the municipality.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00920-01-7

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