New York S 3255: Relates to to the setback requirement in the Peconic and Gardiner's Bays for the Suffolk County Lease Program and Sugar Kelp production

Status: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3255

Sponsors: Anthony H. Palumbo

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S03255 Summary:

BILL NOS03255 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08690

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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Amd §13-0302, En Con L

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Decreases the setback requirement in the Peconic and Gardiner's Bays for the Suffolk County Lease Program and Sugar Kelp production from 1,000 feet to 500 feet.

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BILL NOS03255 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3255

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 the
 setback requirement in the Peconic and Gardiner's Bays for the Suffolk
 County Lease Program and Sugar Kelp

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 13-0302 of the
 2 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 656 of the laws of
 3 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 4 a. Underwater lands within [one thousand] five hundred feet of the
 5 high water mark shall not be included in a shellfish cultivation zone.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07541-01-5

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