Bill Text: NY S07620 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the granting of a certificate for the construction or operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind farm within the jurisdiction and control of the state and within any area of the state outside of the city of New York unless a certificate for the construction or operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind farm within geographic boundaries of or the shoreline adjacent to the city of New York is granted simultaneously.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S07620 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07620-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7620

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public service law and the  environmental  conserva-
          tion  law,  in  relation  to  the  granting  of  certificates  for the
          construction or operation of industrial wind turbines

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

     1    Section  1. Section 168 of the public service law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a. The board may not grant a certificate  for  the  construction  or
     4  operation  of  an  on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind
     5  farm within the jurisdiction and control of the  state  and  within  any
     6  area  of  the  state  outside  of  the city of New York unless the board
     7  simultaneously grants a certificate for the construction or operation of
     8  an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine  or  wind  farm  within
     9  geographic  boundaries  of  or the shoreline adjacent to the city of New
    10  York.
    11    § 2. Section 15-0503 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    12  by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    13    3-a.  The  department  may  not grant a permit for the construction or
    14  operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine within the
    15  jurisdiction and control of the state and within any area of  the  state
    16  outside   of  the  city  of  New  York  unless  a  certificate  for  the
    17  construction or operation of an on-shore or  off-shore  industrial  wind
    18  turbine within geographic boundaries of or the shoreline adjacent to the
    19  city  of  New  York is issued pursuant to subdivision three-a of section
    20  one hundred sixty-eight of the public service law.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11926-02-3