Senate Bill S2222

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to public awareness and involvement in the thirty by thirty conservation plan

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S2222 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A606
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §49-0113, En Con L (as proposed in S.6191-A & A.5390-B)

2023-S2222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of environmental conservation to post draft strategies and methodology developed no later than July 1, 2024; requires at least one public hearing and posting of the final goal strategies and methodology on such department's website.

2023-S2222 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2222
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   public  awareness and involvement in the thirty by thirty conservation
   plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 49-0113 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as amended by a chapter of  the  laws  of  2022
 amending  the environmental conservation law relating to setting conser-
 vation goals for the state and including efforts to combat the biodiver-
 sity and climate crises in  the  state's  land  acquisition  policy,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  6191-A and A. 5390-B, are
 amended to read as follows:
   3. Conservation measures shall be undertaken in ways  that  serve  all
 communities, including low-income, disadvantaged and vulnerable communi-
 ties,  INCLUDING  BY  ENSURING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT
 AND INVOLVEMENT.
   4. The department [and office shall prepare a  draft  plan  and  shall
 propose no later than July first, two thousand twenty-two, a schedule of
 public hearings thereon.
   5.  On or before July first, two thousand twenty-three and every three
 years thereafter, the department and office shall submit  the  plan  and
 any  recommendations  to  the  governor  and legislature] SHALL POST THE
 DRAFT STRATEGIES AND METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED TO MEET  THE  GOAL  NO  LATER
 THAN  JULY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND HOLD AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC
 HEARING THEREON. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THE FINAL GOAL STRATEGIES AND
 METHODOLOGY ON ITS WEBSITE.
   5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN AND, AT LEAST  ANNUALLY,  UPDATE  ITS
 WEBSITE  TO  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  WITH REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
 STATUS OF THE GOAL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04028-01-3

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