New York A 4692: Exempts certain inland lakes from wetlands designations

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A04692 Summary:

BILL NOA04692 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03656

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SPONSORMolitor

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COSPNSRSempolinski, Gallahan, Smullen, Manktelow, DeStefano, Simpson, Brabenec

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §24-0301, En Con L

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Exempts inland lakes which are navigable waterways and have an area of 150 acres or more from wetlands designations, not including great lakes.

Go to top A04692 Actions:

BILL NOA04692 

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02/04/2025referred to environmental conservation

05/13/2025held for consideration in environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

Go to topA04692 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:19/8 Action: Held for Consideration GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenExcused

OtisExcusedTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownNay

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

EpsteinAyeSlaterNay

McMahonAyeBaileyNay

BurdickAyeSempolinskiNay

LunsfordAye

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAbsent

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Go to topA04692 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04692 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4692

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 exempting certain inland lakes from wetlands designations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 24-0301 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. Inland lakes which are navigable waterways and which have an area
 4 of one hundred fifty acres or more shall be exempt from designation as a
 5 freshwater wetland, whenever the commissioner is delineating boundaries
 6 of freshwater wetlands pursuant to this section. For purposes of this
 7 section, "inland lake" shall not include any of the great lakes.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08097-01-5

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