New York S 1448: Establishes the New York state park adopt-a-trail stewardship program and the New York state park adopt-a-trail stewardship program fund

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S01448 Summary:

BILL NOS01448 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02206

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, OBERACKER, ORTT

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §13-0107, En Con L

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Establishes a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine on bodies of freshwater located within the state and within the jurisdiction and control of the state.

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BILL NOS01448 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1448

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, OBERACKER, ORTT --
 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 a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent
 or semi-permanent wind turbine on bodies of freshwater located within
 the state or off the coastline

 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 13-0107 to read as follows:
 3 § 13-0107. Moratorium on building or placing wind turbines.
 4 1. For purposes of this section, "federal waters" shall mean those
 5 waters and submerged lands lying seaward to the state waters of New York
 6 that appertain to the United States and are subject to federal jurisdic-
 7 tion and control.
 8 2. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there is
 9 hereby established a moratorium, for an indefinite period of time, upon
 10 the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine
 11 on all bodies of freshwater located within the state and within the
 12 jurisdiction and control of the state.
 13 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there is
 14 hereby established a moratorium, for an indefinite period of time, upon
 15 the building or placing of any infrastructure used to support a perma-
 16 nent or semi-permanent wind turbine located in federal waters or waters
 17 under the jurisdiction and control of another state, when such infras-
 18 tructure enters or passes through a body of freshwater within the juris-
 19 diction and control of the state.
 20 3. This section shall be subject to any applicable provisions of the
 21 state environmental quality review act, article ten of the public
 22 service law, and any local zoning or permitting laws or ordinances.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03628-01-5

 S. 1448 2

 1 4. Such moratorium shall not be lifted without the consent of both
 2 houses of the legislature by a majority vote in each house. The legisla-
 3 ture may require any additional data or information that it deems neces-
 4 sary to make a decision if such moratorium shall be lifted.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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