New York A 3959: Relates to siting permits for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habitats

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A03959 Summary:

BILL NOA03959B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSRTapia, Glick, Giglio, Kassay, Buttenschon, Burdick

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §139, Pub Serv L

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Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.

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BILL NOA03959B

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01/30/2025referred to energy

11/24/2025amend and recommit to energy

11/24/2025print number 3959a

01/07/2026referred to energy

01/09/2026amend and recommit to energy

01/09/2026print number 3959b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3959--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, TAPIA, GLICK, GIGLIO, KASSAY, BUTTENS-
 CHON, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener-
 gy in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to siting permits
 for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habi-
 tats

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

 1 Section 1. Section 139 of the public service law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. If a major electric transmission facility siting permit is
 4 proposed for a site which is grassland bird breeding habitat or grass-
 5 land bird wintering habitat within a department of environmental conser-
 6 vation designated grassland bird conservation center, ORES shall require
 7 a mitigation ratio of three acres for every acre of occupied grassland
 8 bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of
 9 grassland bird wintering habitat determined to be taken. In order to
 10 provide a net conservation benefit in such grassland bird conservation
 11 centers, these mitigation requirements shall not be modified by dividing
 12 the impact of habitat taken by five life cycles of habitat succession or
 13 any other additional calculation.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
 15 major electric transmission facility siting permit, or any application
 16 for a major facility siting permit, for which the final net conservation
 17 benefit plan has not yet been approved by the office of renewable energy
 18 siting and electric transmission, provided, however, that the amendments
 19 to section 139 of the public service law made by section one of this act
 20 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 21 therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07808-08-6

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