Bill Text: NY A10597 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the department of environmental conservation to review the policies of the department of parks and recreation of the city of New York regarding trees, tree maintenance and liability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-07 - referred to environmental conservation [A10597 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A10597-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10597 IN ASSEMBLY June 7, 2016 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rozic) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT in relation to requiring the department of environmental conser- vation to review the policies of the department of parks and recre- ation of the city of New York regarding trees and tree maintenance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other rule, regulation or policy to the 2 contrary, the department of environmental conservation shall review and 3 provide oversight to the department of parks and recreation of the city 4 of New York in relation to city-owned trees, tree maintenance, care and 5 cultivation of such trees, liability in case of personal or property 6 injury by such trees, and any other matters the department of environ- 7 mental conservation deems necessary. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13845-01-6
