Assembly Bill A8527

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relating to selectively cutting timber

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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-A8527 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2254
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24-0701, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7813
2011-2012: S4361
2013-2014: S4357
2015-2016: S1369, S6607
2017-2018: S7800
2019-2020: S447
2023-2024: A2952, S3206

2021-A8527 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to selectively cutting timber and exclusion of current best management practices from regulated activities.

2021-A8527 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8527
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   selectively cutting timber
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  24-0701 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 697 of  the  laws  of  1979,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  The  activities  of  farmers  and  other landowners in grazing and
 watering livestock, making reasonable use of water resources, harvesting
 natural products of the wetlands, selectively cutting  timber,  draining
 land  or wetlands for growing agricultural products and otherwise engag-
 ing in the use of  wetlands  or  other  land  for  growing  agricultural
 products  shall  be  excluded  from  regulated  activities and shall not
 require a permit under subdivision one hereof,  except  that  structures
 not  required for enhancement or maintenance of the agricultural produc-
 tivity of the land and any filling  activities  shall  not  be  excluded
 hereunder,  and provided that the use of land designated as a freshwater
 wetland upon the freshwater wetlands map at the effective  date  thereof
 for  uses  other  than  those  referred  to in this subdivision shall be
 subject to the provisions of this article.    WHEN  SELECTIVELY  CUTTING
 TIMBER, THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF TEMPORARY SKIDDER TRAILS AND MACHIN-
 ERY,  USING  CURRENT  BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED
 STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICES,  FOR  THE  REMOVAL  OF
 SUCH  TIMBER  SHALL  BE EXCLUDED FROM REGULATED ACTIVITIES AND SHALL NOT
 REQUIRE A PERMIT UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04576-01-1

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