Bill Text: NY S06751 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6751 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S06751 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06751-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6751

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  development  of
          uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades

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

     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 94-c  of  the  executive  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
     3    (c-1)  In  addition  to  the  uniform standards and conditions for the
     4  siting, design, construction and operation  of  major  renewable  energy
     5  facilities  established  pursuant  to paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
     6  the office shall establish in consultation with the department of  envi-
     7  ronmental conservation uniform standards and conditions for the coloring
     8  of  wind  turbine  rotor  blades.  The  uniform standards and conditions
     9  established pursuant to this paragraph shall be  designed  to  avoid  or
    10  minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising
    11  from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable
    12  energy facility utilizing wind turbines.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    14  it  shall  have  become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
    15  subdivision 3 of section 94-c of the executive law made by  section  one
    16  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
    17  deemed  to expire therewith. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    20  completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10716-01-1