Assembly Actions -
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Sep 18, 2024 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A10709
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2023-A10709 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Local Governments
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Ren §§1320 & 1321 to be §§1321 & 1322, amd §§1321 & 1322, add §1320, Pub Health L; amd §64, Town L; amd §17-145, NYC Ad Cd
2023-A10709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10709 I N A S S E M B L Y September 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen- thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the public health law, the town law and the administra- tive code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the removal of managed natural landscapes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sections 1320 and 1321 of the public health law are renum- bered sections 1321 and 1322 and a new section 1320 is added to read as follows: § 1320. DEFINITIONS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE: (A) "MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPE" SHALL MEAN A PLANNED, INTENTIONAL, AND MAINTAINED PLANTING OF NATIVE OR NON-NATIVE GRASSES, WILDFLOWERS, FORBS, FERNS, SHRUBS, OR TREES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RAIN GARDENS, MEADOW VEGETATION, AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPES DOES NOT INCLUDE TURF GRASS LAWNS LEFT UNATTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING TO A NATURAL STATE AND ANY RAGWEED OR OTHER SPECIES OF WEED, PLANT OR GROWTH WHICH IS NOXIOUS OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, OR THE SEED, POLLEN OR OTHER EMANATION THEREFROM, WHEN CARRIED THROUGH THE AIR OR OTHERWISE DISPERSED, IS NOXIOUS OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (B) "MEADOW VEGETATION" SHALL MEAN GRASSES AND FLOWERING BROAD LEAF PLANTS THAT ARE NATIVE TO, OR ADAPTED TO, THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THAT ARE COMMONLY FOUND IN MEADOW AND PRAIRIE PLANT COMMUNITIES, NOT INCLUDING NOXIOUS WEEDS. (C) "ORNAMENTAL PLANTS" SHALL MEAN GRASSES, PERENNIALS, ANNUALS, AND GROUNDCOVERS PURPOSEFULLY PLANTED FOR AESTHETIC REASONS. (D) "RAIN GARDEN" SHALL MEAN A LAWN COMPRISED MOSTLY OF GRASSES COMMONLY USED IN REGULARLY CUT LAWNS OR PLAY AREAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BLUEGRASS, FESCUE, AND RYEGRASS BLENDS, INTENDED TO BE MAIN- TAINED AT A HEIGHT OF NO MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES. § 2. Section 1321 of the public health law, as renumbered by section one of this act, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15957-02-4
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