New York A 4405: Relating to selectively cutting timber

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A04405 Summary:

BILL NOA04405 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03434

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SPONSORGallahan

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §24-0701, En Con L

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Relates to selectively cutting timber and exclusion of current best management practices from regulated activities.

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BILL NOA04405 

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02/04/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4405

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 selectively cutting timber

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 24-0701 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 7 of part QQ of chapter 58 of
 3 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 4. On lands in active agricultural use or silviculture use, the activ-
 5 ities of farmers and other landowners in grazing and watering livestock,
 6 making reasonable use of water resources, harvesting natural products of
 7 the wetlands, selectively cutting timber, draining land or wetlands for
 8 growing agricultural products and otherwise engaging in the use of
 9 wetlands or other land for growing agricultural products shall be
 10 excluded from regulated activities and shall not require a permit under
 11 subdivision one of this section, except that structures not required for
 12 enhancement or maintenance of the agricultural productivity of the land
 13 and any filling activities shall not be excluded hereunder, and provided
 14 that the use of land that meets the definition of a freshwater wetland
 15 in section 24-0107 of this article for uses other than those referred to
 16 in this subdivision shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
 17 When selectively cutting timber, the construction and use of temporary
 18 skidder trails and machinery, using current best management practices
 19 as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest
 20 Services, for the removal of such timber shall be excluded from
 21 regulated activities and shall not require a permit under subdivision
 22 one of this section. All activities on lands that meet the definition of
 23 a freshwater wetland shall be subject to the provisions of this article
 24 once agricultural or silviculture activities cease.
 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05961-01-5

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