Assembly Bill A5493

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the wetlands homeowner's relief act

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  • 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

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2021-A5493 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §24-0303, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7240
2011-2012: A3896
2013-2014: A4475
2015-2016: A5877
2017-2018: A6329
2019-2020: A6928
2023-2024: A4293

2021-A5493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the wetlands homeowner's relief act; provides that a homeowner who currently lives within a wetlands designated area shall not have to apply for a building permit for use of land within a fifty foot periphery of the house and garage; provides that new maps may not be issued without prior approval from the legislature; prohibits DEC from delineating wetlands beyond the boundaries shown on official wetlands maps.

2021-A5493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5493
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   enacting the wetlands homeowner's relief act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "wetlands
 homeowner's relief act".
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 24-0303 to read as follows:
 § 24-0303. HOMEOWNERS; WETLANDS.
   1.  A  HOMEOWNER WHO CURRENTLY LIVES WITHIN A WETLANDS DESIGNATED AREA
 SHALL NOT HAVE TO APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT
 FOR USE OF LAND WITHIN FIFTY FEET FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SUCH HOMEOWNER'S
 HOUSE AND GARAGE.
   2.  ONCE  THE  DEPARTMENT  HAS  ISSUED  A  WETLANDS  MAP FOR ANY GIVEN
 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, A NEW MAP SHALL NOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE
 LEGISLATURE.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT IS PROHIBITED FROM DELINEATING WETLANDS  BEYOND  THE
 BOUNDARIES  OF  MAPPED  WETLANDS  SHOWN  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  OFFICIAL
 WETLANDS MAPS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09416-01-1

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