New York Assembly Bill 5853 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation
Pending: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Makes numerous provisions relating to conduct constituting violations of article 9, relating to lands and forests of the state, to enhance the department's enforcement authority, including clarifying authority to issue permits for temporary use of the forest preserve and prohibitions against cutting timber; authorizes the attorney general to seek restraining orders; provides for facilitation of the practice of forestry through oversight of local laws by the commissioner of environmental conservation; directs the department of environmental conservation to cooperate with local governments and landowners; provides for review of proposed local laws by the commissioner upon petition of a landowner and referral by a town or county; requires extraordinary votes in certain cases.

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to conduct constituting violations of and penalties for violations of article 9 of such law; and to amend the environmental conservation law, the general municipal law and the town law, in relation to the practice of forestry

Asm. Richard Brodsky [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Sam Hoyt [D]
Asm. William Parment [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to environmental conservation
2009-02-20		referred to environmental conservation

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A05853&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A05853&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A05853