Bill Text: NY A10060 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in cities of the first class to opt out of planned city tree planting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - referred to cities [A10060 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10060-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10060
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 10, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing  owners
          of certain residential real property, in cities of the first class, to
          opt  out  of  tree  planting conducted by such cities on adjacent city
          property
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  general  city law is amended by adding a new section
     2  28-b to read as follows:
     3    § 28-b. Limitation on planned municipal tree planting on city  proper-
     4  ty;  cities of the first class.  Any owner of residential real property,
     5  that is in whole or in part owner  occupied  and  used  exclusively  for
     6  residential purposes, any cooperative corporation of a residential coop-
     7  erative that is used exclusively for residential purposes, and any board
     8  of  managers  of  a condominium that is used exclusively for residential
     9  purposes may elect to opt-out of a plan to plant a tree or trees  pursu-
    10  ant  to  a  systematic street tree planting program adopted by a city of
    11  the first class, as defined in subdivision (a) of  section  one  hundred
    12  seven  of  the  vehicle  and traffic law, on property owned by such city
    13  that is between the sidewalk and the curb of the  roadway,  adjacent  to
    14  the  property  line  of  such residential real property. Such city shall
    15  provide notice to such property owners, cooperative corporation or board
    16  of managers of a planned tree planting  and  shall  grant  the  property
    17  owners,  cooperative corporation or board of managers thirty days within
    18  which to notify the city of their desire to opt-out of the planned  tree
    19  planting.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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