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A00102 Summary:

BILL NOA00102 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Ren §§1320 & 1321 to be §§1321 & 1322, amd §§1321 & 1322, add §1320, Pub Health L; amd §64, Town L; amd
§17-145, NYC Ad Cd

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Prohibits the removal of managed natural landscapes that are maintained within the bounds of private property.

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BILL NOA00102 

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01/08/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 102

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the town law and the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the
 removal of managed natural landscapes

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

 1 Section 1. Sections 1320 and 1321 of the public health law are renum-
 2 bered sections 1321 and 1322 and a new section 1320 is added to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 1320. Definitions. 1. For the purposes of this title:
 5 (a) "Managed natural landscape" shall mean a planned, intentional, and
 6 maintained planting of native or non-native grasses, wildflowers, forbs,
 7 ferns, shrubs, or trees, including but not limited to rain gardens,
 8 meadow vegetation, and ornamental plants. Managed natural landscapes
 9 does not include turf grass lawns left unattended for the purpose of
 10 returning to a natural state and any ragweed or other species of weed,
 11 plant or growth which is noxious or detrimental to the public health, or
 12 the seed, pollen or other emanation therefrom, when carried through the
 13 air or otherwise dispersed, is noxious or detrimental to the public
 14 health.
 15 (b) "Meadow vegetation" shall mean grasses and flowering broad leaf
 16 plants that are native to, or adapted to, the state of New York, and
 17 that are commonly found in meadow and prairie plant communities, not
 18 including noxious weeds.
 19 (c) "Ornamental plants" shall mean grasses, perennials, annuals, and
 20 groundcovers purposefully planted for aesthetic reasons.
 21 (d) "Rain garden" shall mean a lawn comprised mostly of grasses
 22 commonly used in regularly cut lawns or play areas, including but not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00325-01-5

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 1 limited to bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass blends, intended to be main-
 2 tained at a height of no more than eight inches.
 3 § 2. Section 1321 of the public health law, as renumbered by section
 4 one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 1321. Noxious weeds and growths; declaration of nuisance. 1. When-
 6 ever in any health district there shall be growing on any property ther-
 7 ein any ragweed or other species of weed, plant or growth which is noxi-
 8 ous or detrimental to the public health, or the seed, pollen or other
 9 emanation therefrom, when carried through the air or otherwise
 10 dispersed, is noxious or detrimental to the public health, the local
 11 board of health of any such health district may take and file upon its
 12 records what it shall regard as sufficient proof to authorize a declara-
 13 tion that the existence of any such growth is a nuisance or danger to
 14 the public health, and may thereupon enter the same upon its records as
 15 a nuisance and order the same to be removed, destroyed or otherwise
 16 abated on any property wherever found.
 17 2. The local board of health may also take and file among its records
 18 what it shall regard as sufficient proof to authorize a declaration that
 19 at any season or period of the year there exists a particular and immi-
 20 nent danger to the public health by reason of the approaching period of
 21 pollination of any such growth and may enter such determination upon its
 22 record.
 23 3. A managed natural la