STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
6320
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 13, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 the commissioner of environmental conservation to enter
into contracts for maple tree tapping and sap production on state
lands for a duration of up to ten years
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 9-0505 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary, the commis-
4 sioner shall be authorized to enter into contracts for the lease or use
5 of state lands for the purpose of tree tapping and sap production for a
6 term of up to, but not to exceed, ten years. For the purposes of this
7 section, the terms "tree tapping" and "sap production" shall include
8 trees and sap from species of trees including, but not limited to,
9 maple.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10563-02-3
