Bill Text: NY S06257 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S06257 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06257-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6257--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to the development of
          uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades

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

     1    Section  1.    Subdivision  3  of section 94-c of the executive law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
     3    (c-1) In addition to the uniform  standards  and  conditions  for  the
     4  siting,  design,  construction  and  operation of major renewable energy
     5  facilities established pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  this  subdivision,
     6  the  office shall establish in consultation with the department of envi-
     7  ronmental conservation uniform standards and conditions for the coloring
     8  of wind turbine rotor  blades.  The  uniform  standards  and  conditions
     9  established  pursuant  to  this  paragraph shall be designed to avoid or
    10  minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising
    11  from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable
    12  energy facility utilizing wind turbines.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    14  a determination has been made by the federal aviation administration  to
    15  allow  for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades; provided, however,
    16  that:
    17    (a) the office of renewable energy siting shall notify the legislative
    18  bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of such determination  made
    19  by the federal aviation administration to allow for the coloring of wind
    20  turbine  rotor blades in order that the commission may maintain an accu-
    21  rate and timely effective database of the official text of the  laws  of
    22  the  State  of  New  York  in furtherance of effecting the provisions of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
     2  cers law; and
     3    (b)  the  amendments to subdivision 3 of section 94-c of the executive
     4  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the  expiration  of
     5  such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.