Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to environmental conservation |
May 19, 2009 |
held for consideration in environmental conservation |
Jan 26, 2009 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 08, 2009 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A445
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SAYWARD
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A445 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A445 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A445 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY propos- ing an amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the constitution, in relation to the gathering of dead timber from the lands of the state forest preserve PURPOSE: To permit the taking of fallen timber from forest preserve lands. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 - amends section 1 article 14 of the constitution to allow residents of the state from gathering dead timber lying on the forest floor on state-owned lands when such timber is on the side of a public highway, except lands the commission of environmental conservation may designate by rule and regulation where such gathering shall be prohibit- ed. Every person gathering dead timber pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall do so at his or her own risk without disturbing the surrounding vegetation. EXISTING LAW: The Constitution prohibits the selling, removal or destruction of timber on forest preserve lands. JUSTIFICATION: The prohibition on the removal of dead timber in the forest preserve has
2009-A445 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 445 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the constitution, in relation to the gathering of dead timber from the lands of the state forest preserve Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article 14 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: Section 1. A. The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the state from constructing, completing and maintaining any highway heretofore specifically authorized by constitutional amendment, nor from constructing and maintaining to federal standards federal aid interstate highway route five hundred two from a point in the vicinity of the city of Glens Falls, thence northerly to the vicinity of the villages of Lake George and Warrensburg, the hamlets of South Horicon and Pottersville and thence northerly in a generally straight line on the west side of Schroon Lake to the vicinity of the hamlet of Schroon, then continuing northerly to the vicinity of Schroon Falls, Schroon River and North Hudson, and to the east of Makomis Mountain, east of the hamlet of New Russia, east of the village of Elizabethtown and continu- ing northerly in the vicinity of the hamlet of Towers Forge, and east of Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain and continuing northerly to the vicinity of the village of Keeseville and the city of Plattsburgh, all of the afore- said taking not to exceed a total of three hundred acres of state forest preserve land, nor from constructing and maintaining not more than twen- ty-five miles of ski trails thirty to two hundred feet wide, together with appurtenances thereto, provided that no more than five miles of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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