Bill Text: NY S00313 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Decreases application fees for tidal wetlands permits to be similar to application fees for freshwater wetlands permits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S00313 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00313-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 313                                                     A. 97
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
         Conservation
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         application fees for tidal wetlands permits
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 8  of  section  70-0117  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation law, as added by section 1 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the
    3  laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    4    8.  (a)  All  persons  required to obtain a permit from the department
    5  pursuant to section 24-0701 of this chapter shall submit to the  depart-
    6  ment an application fee in an amount not to exceed the following:
    7    (i)  fifty dollars per application for a permit for a minor project as
    8  defined in this article or modification to any  existing  permit  issued
    9  pursuant to section 24-0701 of this chapter;
   10    (ii)  fifty  dollars  per  application  for a permit for a residential
   11  project defined as  associated  with  one  single  family  dwelling  and
   12  customary appurtenances thereto;
   13    (iii) one hundred dollars per application for multiple family dwelling
   14  and customary appurtenances thereto;
   15    (iv)  two  hundred  dollars per application for a permit for any other
   16  project as defined in this article.
   17    (b) All persons required to obtain a permit from the department pursu-
   18  ant to section 25-0402 of this chapter shall submit to the department an
   19  application fee in an amount not to exceed the following:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00877-01-5
       S. 313                              2                              A. 97
    1    (i) [two hundred] FIFTY dollars per application for  a  permit  for  a
    2  minor project as defined in this article or modification to any existing
    3  permit issued pursuant to section 25-0402 of this chapter;
    4    (ii)  [nine]  TWO  hundred  dollars per application for a permit for a
    5  project as defined in this article.
    6    (c) All fees collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited
    7  into the environmental protection fund pursuant to section  ninety-two-s
    8  of the state finance law.
    9    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   10  have become a law.