Bill Text: NY S02044 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the department of agriculture and markets making available information concerning minimum guidelines for vegetation management plans in a manner that is pollinator friendly.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-29 - SIGNED CHAP.203 [S02044 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02044-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2044
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          department  of  agriculture  and  markets making available information
          concerning minimum guidelines for vegetation  management  plans  in  a
          manner that is pollinator friendly
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 49 of section 16 of the agriculture and markets
     2  law, as added by chapter 399 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    49.  [Develop]  Make available, in consultation with the department of
     5  environmental conservation and institutions  of  higher  education  with
     6  expertise  in  pollinator  protection,  information  concerning  minimum
     7  guidelines for vegetation management plans used by any  person[,  corpo-
     8  ration, partnership, association or other organized group of persons who
     9  make  public  claims  that  their property or commercial enterprise on a
    10  property, including,  but  not  limited  to  solar  electric  generating
    11  systems,]  who  intends  to  develop their property or commercial enter-
    12  prise, such as solar electric generating systems, in a  manner  that  is
    13  pollinator  friendly or provides benefits and protection to pollinators.
    14  Such information may include guidelines  [shall  provide  guidance]  for
    15  short-term  and long-term property management practices that provide and
    16  maintain native perennial vegetation to protect the health and  well-be-
    17  ing  of  pollinators including, but not limited to the percentage of the
    18  property that may be covered with native perennial vegetation; the type,
    19  amount, and diversity of native perennial vegetation that may  be  main-
    20  tained  on the property; the number of seasons and the minimum number of
    21  species of native perennial vegetation that may be in bloom; maintenance
    22  practices to be used; the use of pesticides; the width  and  composition
    23  of  buffers  adjacent  to  the property; and any other guidelines estab-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  lished by the department. [Nothing in this subdivision shall  be  deemed
     2  to  restrict  any farming practices by any person, corporation, partner-
     3  ship, association or other organized group of persons  not  making  such
     4  public claims.]
     5    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     6  manner as section 1 of chapter 399 of the laws of 2018, takes effect.