New York A 476: Requires certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive environmentally conscious planning training

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A00476 Summary:

BILL NOA00476A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00600-A

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §239-c, Gen Muni L; amd §§27 & 81, Gen City L; amd §§267 & 271, Town L; amd §§7-712 & 7-718, Vil L

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Requires certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning training annually.

Go to top A00476 Actions:

BILL NOA00476A

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01/08/2025referred to local governments

04/21/2025amend and recommit to local governments

04/21/2025print number 476a

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 476--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the general city law, the
 town law, and the village law, in relation to requiring certain munic-
 ipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive environ-
 mentally conscious planning training

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 239-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 662 of
 3 the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) Each member of a county planning board shall complete, at a mini-
 5 mum, [four] five hours of training each year designed to enable such
 6 members to more effectively carry out their duties. Training received by
 7 a member in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for
 8 environmentally conscious planning training, may be carried over by the
 9 member into succeeding years in order to meet the requirements of this
 10 paragraph. Such training shall be approved by the county and may
 11 include, but not be limited to, training provided by a regional or coun-
 12 ty planning office or commission, county planning federation, state
 13 agency, statewide municipal association, college or other similar enti-
 14 ty. Training shall include at least one hour related to environmentally
 15 conscious planning, including, but not to be limited to, training to
 16 meet the goals of and compliance with the climate leadership and commu-
 17 nity protection act, including any grant and funding opportunities,
 18 farmland and natural resource conservation, climate justice, environ-
 19 mentally conscious site design, building material techniques and water
 20 mitigation and energy systems best practices. Training may be provided

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02018-03-5

 A. 476--A 2

 1 in a variety of formats, including but not limited to, electronic media,
 2 video, distance learning and traditional classroom training.
 3 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 7-a of section 27 of the general city
 4 law, as added by chapter 662 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 a. Each member of the planning board of a city, except a city having a
 7 population of more than one million, shall complete, at a minimum,
 8 [four] five hours of training each year designed to enable such members
 9 to more effectively carry out their duties. Training received by a
 10 member in excess of [four] five hours in any one year, except for envi-
 11 ronmentally conscious planning training, may be carried over by the
 12 member into succeeding years in order to meet the requirements of this
 13 subdivision. Such training shall be approved by the legislative body and
 14 may include, but not be limited to, training provided by a municipality,
 15 regional or county planning office or commission, county planning feder-
 16 ation, state agency, statewide municipal association, college or other
 17 similar entity. Training shall include at least one hour related to
 18 environmentally con