Bill Text: NY A06722 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the use of benthic barriers, between July 1 and October 31, to control invasive aquatic plants around docks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-31 - held for consideration in environmental conservation [A06722 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6722
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 16, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. ERRIGO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          authorizing the use of benthic barriers to  control  dockside  aquatic
          plants
          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 9-1711 to read as follows:
     3  § 9-1711. Control of invasive aquatic plants.
     4    1.  For  the  purposes of this section, "benthic barrier" shall mean a
     5  film of natural or synthetic matter that lays on the bottom of a wetland
     6  to keep sunlight from reaching the soil on the wetland bottom so  as  to
     7  control the growth of invasive aquatic plants.
     8    2.  No person shall be prohibited from placing benthic barriers in any
     9  freshwater wetland between July  first  and  October  thirty-first  each
    10  year,  for  the  purpose  of controlling invasive aquatic plants around,
    11  near and between docks.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10598-01-7