New York A 4252: Establishes a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine in the waters of Lake Ontario located within the state

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A04252 Summary:

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Establishes a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine in the waters of Lake Ontario located within the state and within the jurisdiction and control of the state.

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01/31/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4252

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred 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 in the waters of Lake Ontario located
 within the state

 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 in the waters
 4 of Lake Ontario.
 5 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there is
 6 hereby established a moratorium, for an indefinite period of time, upon
 7 the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine
 8 in the waters of Lake Ontario located within the state and within the
 9 jurisdiction and control of the state.
 10 2. This section shall be subject to any applicable provisions of the
 11 state environmental quality review act, article ten of the public
 12 service law, and any local zoning or permitting laws or ordinances.
 13 3. Such moratorium shall not be lifted without the consent of both
 14 houses of the legislature by a majority vote in each house. The legisla-
 15 ture may require any additional data or information that it deems neces-
 16 sary to make a decision if such moratorium shall be lifted.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06736-01-5

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