Bill Text: NY S04310 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes the definition of the word "weed" to include certain types of plants and exclude those that are endangered or indigenous to this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S04310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04310-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4310

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          changing the definition of the word "weed"

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  45  of  section 33-0101 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as added by chapter 685 of the laws  of  1978  and  as
     3  renumbered  by  chapter  612  of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    45. "Weed" means any plant [which  grows  where  not  wanted]  species
     6  designated as noxious, harmful, exotic, invasive, injurious or poisonous
     7  pursuant  to  state or federal law, and shall not include any endangered
     8  species or any plants indigenous to this state.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08850-01-3