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                                   2044
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
   department  of  agriculture  and  markets making available information
   concerning minimum guidelines for vegetation  management  plans  in  a
   manner that is pollinator friendly
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 49 of section 16 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as added by chapter 399 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   49.  [Develop]  MAKE AVAILABLE, in consultation with the department of
 environmental conservation and institutions  of  higher  education  with
 expertise  in  pollinator  protection,  INFORMATION  CONCERNING  minimum
 guidelines for vegetation management plans used by any  person[,  corpo-
 ration, partnership, association or other organized group of persons who
 make  public  claims  that  their property or commercial enterprise on a
 property, including,  but  not  limited  to  solar  electric  generating
 systems,]  WHO  INTENDS  TO  DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY OR COMMERCIAL ENTER-
 PRISE, SUCH AS SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATING SYSTEMS, IN A  MANNER  THAT  is
 pollinator  friendly or provides benefits and protection to pollinators.
 Such INFORMATION MAY INCLUDE guidelines  [shall  provide  guidance]  for
 short-term  and long-term property management practices that provide and
 maintain native perennial vegetation to protect the health and  well-be-
 ing  of  pollinators including, but not limited to the percentage of the
 property that may be covered with native perennial vegetation; the type,
 amount, and diversity of native perennial vegetation that may  be  main-
 tained  on the property; the number of seasons and the minimum number of
 species of native perennial vegetation that may be in bloom; maintenance
 practices to be used; the use of pesticides; the width  and  composition
 of  buffers  adjacent  to  the property; and any other guidelines estab-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 lished by the department. [Nothing in this subdivision shall  be  deemed
 to  restrict  any farming practices by any person, corporation, partner-
 ship, association or other organized group of persons  not  making  such
 public claims.]
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as section 1 of chapter 399 of the laws of 2018, takes effect.