New York S 7899: Relates to bona fide work not being considered a parole violation

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S07899 Summary:

BILL NOS07899A

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SAME ASSAME AS A11407

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1901 & 1902, Pub Auth L

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Provides that priority shall be given to certain sites when developing renewable energy generating projects; defines "agrivoltaics".

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BILL NOS07899A

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05/13/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

06/06/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

06/06/2025PRINT NUMBER 7899A

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1847

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7899--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to giving prior-
 ity to certain sites when developing renewable energy generating
 projects and to the definition of agrivoltaics

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1901 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding two new subdivisions 10 and 11 to read as follows:
 3 10. "Agrivoltaics" shall mean the simultaneous use of areas of land
 4 for both solar power generation and agriculture through a ground-mounted
 5 photovoltaic solar energy system constructed, installed, and operated to
 6 achieve integrated and simultaneous production of both solar energy and
 7 marketable agricultural products and activities by an agricultural
 8 producer, provided that such use:
 9 (a) is constructed, installed, and operated to achieve integrated and
 10 simultaneous production of both solar energy and marketable agricultural
 11 products consistent with commercial agricultural production, as soon as
 12 agronomically feasible and continuing until decommissioning, on land
 13 beneath or between rows of solar panels;
 14 (b) has been intentionally planned and designed with agricultural
 15 producers or experts;
 16 (c) has provisions for decommissioning to protect the land's agricul-
 17 tural resources and utility; and
 18 (d) does not significantly displace farming activity.
 19 11. "Agricultural products and activities" shall include: (a) crop
 20 production; (b) animal husbandry; and (c) livestock grazing or cattle
 21 grazing; provided, however, that agricultural products and activities
 22 shall not include sheep grazing as the sole farming activity except

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11834-03-5

 S. 7899--A 2

 1 where the land utilized is currently utilized exclusively for such
 2 purpose; and provided further, however, that agricultural products and
 3 activities shall not include pollinator habitats, apiaries, or both as
 4 the sole farming activities.
 5 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1902 of the public
 6 authorities law, as amended by section 2 of part M of chapter 58 of the
 7 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 8 (b) (i) In making such assessment the authority shall give priority to
 9 previously developed sites, existing or abandoned commercial sites,
 10 including without limitation brownfields, landfills, former commercial
 11 or industrial sites, dormant electric generating sites, parking lots as
 12 defined in section one hundred twenty-nine-b of the vehicle and traffic
 13 law, warehouse distribution centers as defined in section seven hundred
 14 eighty of the labor law, correctional facilities as defined in article
 15 one of the corrections law, retail establishments of greater than twen-
 16 ty-five thousand square feet, roadside rest