Bill Text: NY A01839 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to farm pond dams; defines farm pond dams as dams principally installed to enhance agricultural, environmental and conservation benefits on farms.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - print number 1839a [A01839 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01839-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1839--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2015
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, McLAUGHLIN, GIGLIO, DiPIETRO, TENNEY --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, HAWLEY, RIVERA,  STEC  --  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  and  the  environmental
          conservation law, in relation to farm pond dams
          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 guidelines and best management  practices  in  conjunction
     4  with the state soil and water conservation committee for the classifica-
     5  tion, operation and maintenance of farm pond dams.
     6    §  2.  Subdivision 7 of section 15-0107 of the environmental conserva-
     7  tion law is renumbered subdivision 8 and a new subdivision 7 is added to
     8  read as follows:
     9    7. "Farm pond dam" shall mean those  dams  meeting  guidelines  estab-
    10  lished  by the department of agriculture and markets pursuant to section
    11  sixteen of the agriculture and markets law and installed to  principally
    12  enhance agricultural, environmental and conservation benefits on farms.
    13    §  3.  Subdivision 3 of section 15-0503 of the environmental conserva-
    14  tion law, as amended by chapter 364 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
    15  read as follows:
    16    3.  The  requirement  of  a  permit pursuant to this section shall not
    17  apply to the following facilities:
    18    a. A dock, pier, wharf or other structure used  solely  as  a  landing
    19  place  on water providing dockage for five or fewer boats and encompass-
    20  ing within its outer perimeter an area less than  four  thousand  square
    21  feet;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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