Bill Text: NY A05976 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A05976 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05976-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5976 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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. LBD09679-01-3
