New York A 1696: Eliminates the registration fee for gold star mother and gold star family member distinctive license plates

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A01696 Summary:

BILL NOA01696 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGlick

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COSPNSRKelles, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§802, 805, 809 & 810, Exec L

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Preserves ecological integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack park; strengthens land use and development provisions in the Adirondack park so as to curtail rural sprawl.

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BILL NOA01696 

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01/14/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1696

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, KELLES, COLTON -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to preserving ecological
 integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack park

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and statement of purpose. When enacted
 2 in nineteen hundred seventy-three, the Adirondack park land use and
 3 development plan represented an historic application of natural
 4 resource-based land use control and economic opportunity for the park's
 5 residents and communities. For over forty years, the plan has sought to
 6 insure optimum overall conservation, protection, preservation, develop-
 7 ment and use of the unique scenic, aesthetic, wildlife, recreational,
 8 open space, historic, ecological and natural resources of this cherished
 9 area and the essential interdependence of economic and community needs
 10 through balanced apportionment of land use within the park.
 11 Conservation science and land use planning techniques have advanced
 12 since the enactment of the plan. It is now recognized that the spatial
 13 pattern of development is fully, if not more, as ecologically important
 14 as its overall density.
 15 Subdivision of land into large residential lots, or rural sprawl,
 16 impairs ecosystem function, decreases biotic integrity, alters species
 17 behavior and composition, increases human-wildlife conflicts, fragments
 18 ownership, impairs cohesive land management, undermines the open space
 19 character of the park, and threatens its agricultural and forestry work-
 20 ing landscapes.
 21 Conservation development is an approach to the design, construction
 22 and stewardship of development that achieves functional protection of
 23 natural resources, while providing social and economic benefits to human
 24 communities. It requires a process that ensures thorough analysis of
 25 ecological systems and environmental conditions before the developer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04184-01-5

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 1 actually designs the project. This saves the preparation of detailed
 2 subdivision plans, the most expensive part of design, to the end of the
 3 planning process. The process provides for smaller initial costs and
 4 allows for agency and public input before design funds are exhausted and
 5 ensures that the developer is not committed to a design that is not
 6 supported by ecological and environmental conditions.
 7 The purpose of this act is to strengthen the land use and development
 8 plan and its administration by incorporating modern conservation design
 9 principles therein and to curtail rural sprawl. It is acknowledged that
 10 each property is unique and that subdivision should be pursued in
 11 accordance with ecologically-sound principles including appropriate
 12 dedication and preservation of substantial open space areas in further-
 13 ance of environmental protection goals and working landscapes.
 14 § 2. Section 802 of the executive law is amended by adding six new
 15 subdivisions 17-b, 18-a, 18-b, 18-c, 43-a and 52-a to read as follows:
 16 17-b. "Conservation subdivision" means the division of any tract of
 17 land into a residential subdivision of twenty-five or more lots, parcels
 18 or sites in low intensity use areas