Bill Text: NY S06625 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing a pilot grant program in Erie county to explore the effectiveness of tree removal in combatting the spread of emerald ash borer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S06625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06625-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6625
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend chapter 674 of the laws of 2007, amending  the  environ-
          mental  conservation  law,  relating to creating the New York invasive
          species council, in relation to establishing a pilot grant program  in
          Erie county to explore the effectiveness of tree removal in combatting
          the spread of emerald ash borer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Chapter 674 of the laws of 2007, amending the environmental
     2  conservation law, relating to creating the  New  York  invasive  species
     3  council, is amended by adding a new section 1-a to read as follows:
     4    § 1-a. 1. The New York invasive species council, as defined in section
     5  9-1705  of  the environmental conservation law, shall administer a pilot
     6  grant program in Erie county, in an amount not to  exceed  $250,000,  to
     7  explore  the  effectiveness  of tree removal in combatting the spread of
     8  emerald ash borer. Pilot program grants will be provided to  the  county
     9  for  the  reimbursement of reasonable costs incurred by low-income home-
    10  owners, in an amount not to exceed $250  per  tree,  and  a  maximum  of
    11  $1,000  per  property,  for  the  removal of trees killed or infected by
    12  emerald ash borers, in a manner determined  by  the  New  York  invasive
    13  species  council  to  minimize  the  risk  of  further emerald ash borer
    14  contamination. Grants may only be provided in cases where such  dead  or
    15  infected trees represent an imminent danger.
    16    2.  No later than March 1, 2020, the New York invasive species council
    17  shall issue a report to the legislature detailing  the  results  of  the
    18  pilot grant program.
    19    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11780-02-7