Bill Text: NY A10628 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to applications made to the Central Pine Barrens joint planning and policy commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A10628 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A10628-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10628 I N A S S E M B L Y June 11, 2012 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sweeney) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the Long Island Pine Barrens THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 57-0107 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows: 3 16. "COMPLETE APPLICATION" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICATION FOR A COMMISSION 4 APPROVAL WHICH IS IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AND WHICH IS 5 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION TO BE COMPLETE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMENC- 6 ING REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION, BUT WHICH MAY NEED TO BE SUPPLEMENTED 7 DURING THE COURSE OF ITS REVIEW AS TO MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE APPLICA- 8 TION NECESSARY FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE ITS FINDINGS AND DECISIONS 9 REQUIRED BY LAW. A COMPLETE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE SUCH DRAFT ENVI- 10 RONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT 11 OF THIS CHAPTER. 12 S 2. The closing paragraph of subdivision 10 of section 57-0121 of the 13 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 289 of the laws of 14 2006, is amended to read as follows: 15 Within thirty days of the COMPLETE application being received, the 16 commission shall provide the applicant and any other interested party an 17 opportunity to be heard. Notice of any public hearing conducted in 18 connection with an application for such a permit shall be published in a 19 newspaper of general circulation in the Central Pine Barrens area. If 20 the proposed development is not contrary to the policy or any provision 21 of this title and meets the standards of extraordinary hardship or 22 public need herein, and the commission so finds, it may issue a permit 23 allowing the development or such development subject to appropriate 24 conditions or modifications to occur, provided that permission may be 25 revoked by the commission if its terms are violated, and provided 26 further that any such hardship permit issued by the commission shall be 27 in addition to, and not in lieu of, such permit or permits as may be 28 required by any state agency or municipality within whose boundary such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16205-02-2 A. 10628 2 1 development is located. The time within which the commission must decide 2 a [core preservation area hardship] COMPLETE application for which a 3 negative declaration has been made by the commission pursuant to article 4 eight of this chapter is one hundred twenty days from receipt of such 5 application. The time within which the commission must decide a [core 6 preservation area hardship] COMPLETE application for which a positive 7 declaration has been made by the commission pursuant to article eight of 8 this chapter is sixty days from issuance of a findings statement by the 9 commission pursuant to article eight of this chapter. If the commission 10 fails to make a decision within the aforesaid time periods, the develop- 11 ment shall be deemed to be approved by the commission, unless extended 12 by mutual agreement of the applicant and commission. 13 S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 57-0123 of the environ- 14 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of 1996, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 (b) The commission must make a decision ON A COMPLETE APPLICATION 17 within [one hundred twenty days of the receipt of a complete applica- 18 tion] THE TIME PERIOD ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 19 57-0121 OF THIS TITLE. If the commission fails to make a decision within 20 [one hundred twenty days] THE AFORESAID TIME PERIODS, the development 21 shall be deemed to be approved by the commission, unless extended by 22 mutual agreement of the applicant and the commission. [The commission 23 must make a decision within one hundred twenty days of asserting juris- 24 diction over a project that is before the commission based on the peti- 25 tion by a commissioner. If the commission fails to make a decision with- 26 in one hundred twenty days of the date of asserting jurisdiction, the 27 development shall be deemed to be approved by the commission, unless 28 extended by mutual agreement of the applicant and the commission.] THE 29 AFORESAID TIME PERIOD AND THE PROCESSING AND REVIEW OF AN APPLICATION 30 SHALL BE SUSPENDED BY THE COMMISSION WITH NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT WHERE 31 A PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 57-0136 OF THIS TITLE IS PENDING 32 AGAINST THE APPLICANT WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY AT ISSUE OR OTHERWISE 33 ARISING OUT OF THE OWNERSHIP OR USE OF SUCH PROPERTY. 34 S 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013 and shall apply to all 35 applications received on and after such effective date.