New York S 9479: Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands

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S09479 Summary:

BILL NOS09479A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10936

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25-0103, En Con L

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Specifies the marine and coastal district as part of the definition of tidal wetlands.

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BILL NOS09479A

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03/17/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/09/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/09/2026PRINT NUMBER 9479A

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.948

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10936

&nbspA10936 AMEND= Glick

&nbsp04/14/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp04/21/2026reported 

&nbsp04/23/2026advanced to third reading cal.387

&nbsp05/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/13/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9479A

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.948

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9479--A

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 definition of tidal wetlands

 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 1 of section 25-0103 of the
 2 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of
 3 1973, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) those areas which border on or lie beneath tidal waters of the
 5 marine and coastal district, as described in section 13-0103 of this
 6 chapter, such as, but not limited to, banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps,
 7 meadows, flats or other low lands subject to tidal action, including
 8 those areas now or formerly connected to tidal waters;
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15249-04-6

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