New York S 1103: Relates to primary elections and the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas

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Establishes the New York state cooperative watershed management program within the department of environmental conservation under which watershed networks may apply for grants for watershed network development and watershed network professionalization, subject to appropriation of funds from the legislature.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/02/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1103

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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
 establishing the New York state cooperative watershed management
 program

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

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 15-0519 to read as follows:
 3 § 15-0519. Cooperative watershed management program.
 4 1. There is hereby established within the department a "New York state
 5 cooperative watershed management program" for the purpose of providing
 6 funding to watershed networks to encourage such watershed networks to
 7 form local or regional solutions to address their water and watershed
 8 management needs.
 9 2. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
 10 following meanings:
 11 (a) "Program" means the New York state cooperative watershed manage-
 12 ment program established pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
 13 (b) "Watershed network" means a self-sustaining, non-regulatory,
 14 consensus-based network that is composed of a diverse array of stake-
 15 holders, which may include but shall not be limited to, lake associ-
 16 ations and other watershed-related non-profit organizations, munici-
 17 palities, federal, state, or local agencies, and tribal nations. A
 18 "watershed network" may be specific to a defined watershed devoted to
 19 one water body or may represent an array of such groups working across
 20 connected watersheds in a region. A "watershed network" may be housed
 21 within a watershed management council, a lake association, intermunici-
 22 pal body, or a municipal government, but shall represent a variety of
 23 stakeholders in such watershed or region.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03626-01-5

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 1 (c) "Watershed network development" means activities to develop a
 2 watershed network, including, but not limited to, development of bylaws
 3 or mission statements, performing stakeholder outreach, pursuing recog-
 4 nition as a nonprofit, or other similar organization activities.
 5 (d) "Watershed network professionalization" means activities to
 6 professionalize a watershed network, including, but not limited to,
 7 hiring professional staff for watershed management or grant writing,
 8 developing watershed restoration plans, or designing watershed manage-
 9 ment projects.
 10 3. (a) The program shall develop a process whereby watershed networks
 11 may apply to the program for grants for watershed network development or
 12 watershed network professionalization.
 13 (b) The program shall develop criteria for a competitive award process
 14 for approval or denial of grant applications from watershed networks
 15 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision. Such criteria shall
 16 include, but not be limited to, the following for approval of a grant
 17 application:
 18 (i) The applicant watershed network shall be comprised of two or more
 19 public or private stakeholders; and
 20 (ii) The applicant watershed network has demonstrated stakeholder
 21 buy-in to the watershed network developmen