Bill Text: NY A04003 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-02 - amended on third reading (t) 4003a [A04003 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04003-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4003--A
                                                                Cal. No. 307

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the  Commit-
          tee  on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec. 2 -- reported  from  committee,  advanced  to  a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of
          third reading

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife
          management areas and unique areas for gas and oil production

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of section 23-1101 of
     2  the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws
     3  of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
     4    a. The exploration, development and production of gas  in  state-owned
     5  lands,  except  state  park  lands,  state forests, reforestation areas,
     6  wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district
     7  as defined in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands  under  the
     8  waters of Lake Ontario or along its shoreline; and
     9    b.  The  exploration, development and production of oil in state-owned
    10  lands, except state park  lands,  state  forests,  reforestation  areas,
    11  wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district
    12  as  defined  in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the
    13  waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario or along their shorelines.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02833-03-4