New York S 3658: Permits concealed carry at state rest and parking areas and scenic overlooks

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S03658 Summary:

BILL NOS03658 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03180

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRFAHY, HELMING, KRUEGER, MARTINEZ, MARTINS, MAYER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §148, Pub Bldg L

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Enacts the feathered lives also count act directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities; requires the commissioner to report to the governor and the legislature.

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BILL NOS03658 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3658

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, HELMING, KRUEGER, MARTINEZ, MARTINS,
 MAYER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Investigations and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to directing the
 commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strate-
 gies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain
 state-owned buildings, and for other purposes

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "feathered
 2 lives also count act".
 3 § 2. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section 148
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 148. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and strategies in state-
 6 owned buildings. 1. As used in this section:
 7 (a) "state agency" means any state department, office, board, bureau,
 8 commission, agency, or any public authority or public benefit corpo-
 9 ration at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor;
 10 (b) "state-owned building" means any building owned by a state agency
 11 used for official state business; and
 12 (c) "state-leased building" means any building or portion of any
 13 building leased by a state agency for office, departmental, or residen-
 14 tial occupancy.
 15 2. The commissioner of general services shall incorporate features,
 16 practices, and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from colli-
 17 sions with state-owned buildings and, where practicable, state-leased
 18 buildings. Such features, practices and strategies shall be incorpo-
 19 rated for each building:
 20 (a) constructed;
 21 (b) acquired; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00085-01-5

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 1 (c) of which more than fifty percent of the facade is substantially
 2 altered, as determined by the commissioner.
 3 3. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of environ-
 4 mental conservation, shall develop a design guide to carry out the
 5 provisions of subdivision two of this section that includes the follow-
 6 ing:
 7 (a) features for reducing bird fatality resulting from collisions with
 8 state-owned buildings and, where practicable, state-leased buildings,
 9 throughout all construction phases, taking into account the number of
 10 each such bird fatality that occurs at different types of state-owned
 11 buildings and, where practicable, state-leased buildings;
 12 (b) methods and strategies for reducing bird fatality resulting from
 13 collisions with state-owned buildings and, where practicable, state-
 14 leased buildings, during the operation and maintenance of such build-
 15 ings;
 16 (c) best practices for reducing bird fatality resulting from colli-
 17 sions with state-owned buildings and, where practicable, state-leased
 18 buildings, including but not limited to:
 19 (i) eliminating non-essential lighting during spring and fall