New York S 4060: Establishes the climate relocation planning and preparation act

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S04060 Summary:

BILL NOS04060 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00272

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 43 §§930 - 935, Exec L

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Establishes the climate relocation planning and preparation act to prepare state government and regional planning councils for the possibility of increased in-migration to New York state due to climate change.

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BILL NOS04060 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4060

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the climate
 relocation planning and preparation act

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 43 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 43
 4 CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION ACT
 5 Section 930. Short title.
 6 931. Definitions.
 7 932. New York state climate relocation planning and preparation
 8 working group.
 9 933. Regional climate relocation planning and preparation.
 10 934. Implementation.
 11 935. Funding.
 12 § 930. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 13 the "climate relocation planning and preparation act".
 14 § 931. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 15 shall have the following meanings:
 16 1. "Department" means the department of state.
 17 2. "Regional planning council" means a regional planning council
 18 established pursuant to section two hundred thirty-nine-h of the general
 19 municipal law.
 20 3. "Climate relocation" means increased migration and relocation of
 21 individuals to more desirable locations due to the impacts of climate
 22 change.
 23 § 932. New York state climate relocation planning and preparation
 24 working group. 1. The department shall establish an interagency "New
 25 York state climate relocation planning and preparation working group" to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00346-01-5

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 1 develop a state strategy to help prepare for the possibility of
 2 increased in-migration due to climate relocation.
 3 2. The state strategy developed under this section shall, at a mini-
 4 mum:
 5 (a) consider all aspects of state government, including, but not
 6 limited to, economic development, education, agricultural production,
 7 public health, and water resources and management;
 8 (b) identify potential impacts of climate relocation on state
 9 resources and services; and
 10 (c) make recommendations of actions to be taken by state and local
 11 government to prepare for such impacts.
 12 3. The working group created by subdivision one of this section shall
 13 provide the state strategy developed under this section to the regional
 14 planning councils by no later than the first of January, two thousand
 15 twenty-seven.
 16 § 933. Regional climate relocation planning and preparation. 1. The
 17 regional planning councils shall develop regional frameworks to help
 18 prepare for the implementation of the state strategy developed under
 19 section nine hundred thirty-two of this article and any additional
 20 regional strategies identified by such regional planning councils.
 21 2. The regional frameworks developed under this section shall, at a
 22 minimum:
 23 (a) consider regional strengths and areas of improvement to help
 24 prepare for the possibility of increased in-migration due to climate
 25 relocation;
 26 (b) identify potential impacts of climate relocation on regional
 27 resources and services;
 28 (c) identify and prioritize specific projects and initiatives to reac-
 29 tivate or develop regional infrastructure, such as housing, sewer, and
 30 other infrastructure already existing in areas that have experienced
 31 declining population; and
 32 (d) incorpo