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Mar 19, 2010 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Feb 26, 2010 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S6940
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary 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-S6940 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 14 ยง1, Constn
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S1499
2009-S6940 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the department of environmental conservation, and any successor agency thereto, to establish a reasonable number of forest preserve management areas upon state lands, acquired on or after the effective date of this amendment to the constitution, which are made a part of the state forest preserve; authorizes the cutting, sale and removal of timber on such lands, and the use of motorized equipment for such purposes.
2009-S6940 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6940 TITLE OF BILL : CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the constitution, in relation to the management and use of the lands of the state forest preserve PURPOSE : To allow the state acting by and through the department of environmental conservation of such successor department or agency the cutting, sale of and contract for the sale and removal of timber on state lands. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1- Amends section 1 of Article 14 of the state constitution to allow for the cutting, sale of and contracting for the sale and removal of timber on state lands. JUSTIFICATION : In 1885 when the Adirondack forest preserve was created by the State the intent was to restore the forest that had been recklessly clear-cut causing detrimental effects to major waterways in NY including the Hudson River and the Erie Canal. By allowing the state to sell and/or contract to sell timber removed from the preserve will not only help with forest management but also create a source of
2009-S6940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6940 I N S E N A T E February 26, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the constitution, in relation to the management and use of the lands of the state forest preserve Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti- cle 14 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: Section 1. 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. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, OR ANY OTHER STATE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY WHICH SUCCEEDS TO THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION OF THE FOREST PRESERVE, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH UPON ANY LANDS OF THE STATE ACQUIRED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH CONSTITUTING A PORTION OF THE FOREST PRESERVE, A REASONABLE NUMBER OF FOREST PRESERVE MANAGEMENT AREAS. THE STATE, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OR SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY THERE- TO, MAY CUT, SELL AND CONTRACT FOR THE SALE AND REMOVAL OF TIMBER UPON SUCH LANDS CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PROVISIONS OF LAW AS THE LEGISLATURE SHALL ENACT RELATING THERETO. FURTHERMORE, MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO BE USED UPON SUCH LANDS, AND ROADS MAY BE CONSTRUCTED THEREON FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARA- GRAPH. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the state from constructing, completing and maintaining any highway heretofore specifically author- ized 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 Warrens- burg, the hamlets of South Horicon and Pottersville and thence northerly EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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