Assembly Bill A7381

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the wood products development council and contracts for timber or other forest products

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2015-A7381 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1211
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §225, Ag & Mkts L; amd §9-0505, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11715
2011-2012: A444, S2485
2013-2014: A9230, S1361
2017-2018: A5196, S368

2015-A7381 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the wood products development council to work to improve public understanding of the timber industry and authorizes the department of environmental conservation to execute contracts for timber or other forest products valued at under $50,000 without approval from the state comptroller.

2015-A7381 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7381

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the wood
  products development council; and to amend the environmental conserva-
  tion law, in relation to contracts for timber or other forest products

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 225 of the agriculture and markets
law,  as added by chapter 325 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The council shall work with wood-using  manufacturers  to  increase
the  economic  contributions and employment opportunities related to the
practice of forestry and manufacture of wood products in New York state.
The council shall give priority  to  increasing  private  investment  in
working forests; maintaining access to working and family forests; coor-
dinating  policy and permitting issues with state agencies, academia and
the private sector; working  to  improve  public  understanding  of  and
appreciation  for forestry, THE TIMBER INDUSTRY and forest products; and
increasing export and market opportunities for New York forest products.
The council shall deliver an annual report outlining its work and making
recommendations with regard to economic development and marketing initi-
atives and research and  development  initiatives  consistent  with  the
purposes  of the council. The report shall be delivered to the governor,
the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate,  the
minority leader of the assembly and the minority leader of the senate.
  S  2.  Section 9-0505 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE  OF
THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW,  IF THE VALUE OR ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE TREES,
TIMBER OR OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS DOES NOT EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND  DOLLARS,
THE  CONTRACT  MAY  BE EXECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE VALID AND
ENFORCEABLE WITHOUT FIRST BEING APPROVED BY THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND
FILED IN HIS OR HER OFFICE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.