Bill Text: NY S00745 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for establishment of the urban open space program in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; establishes the urban open space program fund; makes an appropriation of 10 million dollars; the purpose of the program is to provide for the acquisition, creation, establishment, expansion, improvement, conservation and protection of open space areas in cities for the purpose of enhancing the urban environment, and thereby promoting the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state in a variety of ways, such as reduction of air and noise pollution, modification of extremes of temperature (resulting in the reduction of energy expended to heat/cool buildings/homes), assisting watershed management, providing habitats for desirable urban vegetation and wildlife, provision of shade, preservation of natural resources, enhancement of real estate values and beautification of urban areas throughout the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - PRINT NUMBER 745A [S00745 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00745-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         745--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
          the state finance law, in relation to providing for the  establishment
          of  the urban open space program and establishing the urban open space
          program fund; and making an appropriation therefor
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new article 18 to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 18
     4                          URBAN OPEN SPACE PROGRAM
     5  Section 18.01 Urban open space program.
     6    § 18.01 Urban open space program. 1. The commissioner shall  establish
     7  within  the  office an urban open space program (hereinafter referred to
     8  in this section as "UOS program" or "program"). The purpose of  the  UOS
     9  program  shall  be  to provide for the acquisition, creation, establish-
    10  ment, expansion, improvement, conservation and protection of open  space
    11  areas  in  cities.    The  purpose  of such open space areas shall be to
    12  enhance the urban environment, thereby promoting the health, safety  and
    13  welfare  of  the  people  of  the  state  in a variety of ways, such as:
    14  reduction of air pollution, reduction of noise  pollution,  modification
    15  of  extremes  of  temperature  thereby  reducing  the  amount  of energy
    16  consumed in heating and cooling many urban buildings and homes,  assist-
    17  ing  in  watershed  management,  providing  habitats for desirable urban
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01891-02-6