Bill Text: NY A09408 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - reported referred to ways and means [A09408 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09408-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9408
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 29, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         prohibiting  the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and
         unique areas for gas production
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 1 of section 23-1101 of the
    2  environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 722 of the  laws  of
    3  1977, is 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,  WILDLIFE  MANAGEMENT
    6  AREAS,  UNIQUE  AREAS, and the lands under the waters of Lake Ontario or
    7  along its shoreline; and
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14636-01-2