Bill Text: NY A05399 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A05399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05399-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5399
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to plac-
          ing a moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 29 to read as follows:
     3                                   TITLE 29
     4                  MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE
     5  Section 23-2901. Moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure.
     6  § 23-2901. Moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure.
     7    1.  For  the  purposes of this section, "fossil fuel" shall mean coal,
     8  petroleum products and fuel gases.
     9    2. A moratorium shall be  established  on  any  and  all  fossil  fuel
    10  infrastructure  projects.  No  new  permits,  licenses,  or  any form of
    11  permission shall be granted for any fossil fuel  infrastructure  project
    12  nor  shall any funding, investment, or any other financial assistance be
    13  granted to any fossil fuel infrastructure project. Such moratorium shall
    14  apply to the entirety of the state including all departments,  agencies,
    15  offices, municipalities, and any other governmental body.
    16    3. The moratorium shall be lifted upon an act of the legislature.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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