Senate Bill S3477

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of benthic barriers to control invasive aquatic plants around docks

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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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2025-S3477 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §9-1712, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5189
2019-2020: S894, S5413
2021-2022: S2644
2023-2024: S6230

2025-S3477 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of benthic barriers, between July 1 and October 31, to control invasive aquatic plants around docks.

2025-S3477 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3477
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   control of aquatic vegetation by means of a benthic barrier
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 9-1712 to read as follows:
 § 9-1712. CONTROL OF AQUATIC VEGETATION BY MEANS OF A BENTHIC BARRIER.
   1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BENTHIC BARRIER" SHALL MEAN A
 FILM OF NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC MATTER WHICH IS GAS PERMEABLE AND  ANCHORED
 BY  MEANS OTHER THAN STONE FROM THE LAKE BOTTOM, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
 CONTROLLING OR SUPPRESSING AQUATIC VEGETATION AROUND  RESIDENTIAL  DOCKS
 OR SWIMMING AREAS.
   2. NO PERSON SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PLACING TEMPORARY BENTHIC BARRI-
 ERS IN ANY FRESHWATER BODY OF WATER LOCATED IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY'S
 SHORELINE BETWEEN JULY FIRST AND OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST EACH YEAR, FOR THE
 PURPOSE  OF CONTROLLING INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS AROUND, NEAR AND BETWEEN
 DOCKS.
   3. THE PLACEMENT OF THESE TEMPORARY  BENTHIC  BARRIERS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED  "FILL",  AND  THEREFORE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 TITLE FIVE  OF  ARTICLE  FIFTEEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  GENERAL  PERMIT
 GP-0-17-001.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07390-01-5

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