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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LEVENBERG  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  the  climate
   relocation planning and preparation act

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 43  to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 43
              CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION ACT
 SECTION 930. SHORT TITLE.
         931. DEFINITIONS.
         932.  NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION
                WORKING GROUP.
         933. REGIONAL CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION.
         934. IMPLEMENTATION.
         935. FUNDING.
   § 930. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY  BE  CITED  AS
 THE "CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION ACT".
   §  931.    DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
   2. "REGIONAL PLANNING  COUNCIL"  MEANS  A  REGIONAL  PLANNING  COUNCIL
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-H OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW.
   3.  "CLIMATE  RELOCATION"  MEANS INCREASED MIGRATION AND RELOCATION OF
 INDIVIDUALS TO MORE DESIRABLE LOCATIONS DUE TO THE  IMPACTS  OF  CLIMATE
 CHANGE.
   §  932.  NEW  YORK  STATE  CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION
 WORKING GROUP. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ESTABLISH  AN  INTERAGENCY  "NEW

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00346-01-5
 A. 272                              2
 
 YORK STATE CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION WORKING GROUP" TO
 DEVELOP  A  STATE  STRATEGY  TO  HELP  PREPARE  FOR  THE  POSSIBILITY OF
 INCREASED IN-MIGRATION DUE TO CLIMATE RELOCATION.
   2.  THE  STATE STRATEGY DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL, AT A MINI-
 MUM:
   (A) CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS  OF  STATE  GOVERNMENT,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,
 PUBLIC HEALTH, AND WATER RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT;
   (B)  IDENTIFY  POTENTIAL  IMPACTS  OF  CLIMATE  RELOCATION  ON   STATE
 RESOURCES AND SERVICES; AND
   (C)  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY STATE AND LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT TO PREPARE FOR SUCH IMPACTS.
   3. THE WORKING GROUP CREATED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  SHALL
 PROVIDE  THE STATE STRATEGY DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION TO THE REGIONAL
 PLANNING COUNCILS BY NO LATER THAN THE FIRST OF  JANUARY,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SEVEN.
   §  933.  REGIONAL  CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION. 1. THE
 REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS SHALL DEVELOP  REGIONAL  FRAMEWORKS  TO  HELP
 PREPARE  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF THE STATE STRATEGY DEVELOPED UNDER
 SECTION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  ANY  ADDITIONAL
 REGIONAL STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED BY SUCH REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS.
   2.  THE  REGIONAL  FRAMEWORKS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL, AT A
 MINIMUM:
   (A) CONSIDER REGIONAL STRENGTHS  AND  AREAS  OF  IMPROVEMENT  TO  HELP
 PREPARE  FOR  THE  POSSIBILITY  OF INCREASED IN-MIGRATION DUE TO CLIMATE
 RELOCATION;
   (B) IDENTIFY POTENTIAL  IMPACTS  OF  CLIMATE  RELOCATION  ON  REGIONAL
 RESOURCES AND SERVICES;
   (C) IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES TO REAC-
 TIVATE  OR  DEVELOP REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS HOUSING, SEWER, AND
 OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTING IN  AREAS  THAT  HAVE  EXPERIENCED
 DECLINING POPULATION; AND
   (D)  INCORPORATE  THE  STATE  STRATEGY  DEVELOPED  UNDER  SECTION NINE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, AS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH REGION.
   3. THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS SHALL COMPLETE THE  REGIONAL  FRAME-
 WORKS  DEVELOPED  UNDER THIS SECTION BY NO LATER THAN THE FIRST OF JANU-
 ARY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT.
   § 934. IMPLEMENTATION. THE DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL  PLANNING  COUNCILS
 SHALL TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE
 STATE  STRATEGY  AND  REGIONAL  FRAMEWORKS  REQUIRED UNDER SECTIONS NINE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO AND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 935. FUNDING. THE DEPARTMENT  AND  REGIONAL  PLANNING  COUNCILS  ARE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  SEEK  AND  ACCEPT  GRANTS, DONATIONS, AND OTHER FORMS OF
 FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE STRA-
 TEGY AND REGIONAL FRAMEWORKS REQUIRED UNDER SECTIONS NINE HUNDRED  THIR-
 TY-TWO AND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.