Bill Text: NY A09053 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the location of certain wind electric generation facilities around Fort Drum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - advanced to third reading cal.721 [A09053 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9053
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 18, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. JENNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the  location  of
          certain  wind  electric  generation  facilities; and providing for the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 168 of the public service law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a. The state shall not grant funding for the construction or  opera-
     4  tion of a wind electric generation facility to be located within:
     5    (a) ten miles of the Wheeler-Sack army airfield;
     6    (b) ten miles of the Montague weather station;
     7    (c) five miles of the boundary of the Wheeler-Sack army airfield regu-
     8  lated  airspace  located within St.  Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis coun-
     9  ties;
    10    (d) five miles of the boundary of the Wheeler-Sack army airfield class
    11  D controlled airspace;
    12    (e) the Wheeler-Sack army airfield class D controlled airspace; or
    13    (f) the enclosed area beginning at the point where United States route
    14  eleven intersects New York route twenty-six;  then  north  along  United
    15  States  route eleven to New York route fifty-six; thence south along New
    16  York route fifty-six to the border of the Adirondack state park;  thence
    17  west  along  the border of the Adirondack state park to a point directly
    18  due east of the intersection of United States route eleven and New  York
    19  route  twenty-six;  thence  due west until the point where United States
    20  route eleven intersects New York route twenty-six.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    22  this  act  shall  be  deemed  repealed fifteen years after it shall have
    23  become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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