Bill Text: NY S03569 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Prohibits the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas production.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S03569 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03569-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         3569--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 8, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
          Conservation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and
          unique areas for gas production

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 1 of section 23-1101 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws  of
     3  2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  The  exploration, development and production of gas in state-owned
     5  lands, except state  park  lands,  state  forests,  wildlife  management
     6  areas,  unique  areas,  the  marine  and  coastal district as defined in
     7  section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the waters of  Lake
     8  Ontario or along its shoreline; and
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03473-03-9
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