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A04003 Summary:

BILL NOA04003
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORGlick
 
COSPNSRBurdick
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §23-1101, En Con L
 
Prohibits the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas production.
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A04003 Actions:

BILL NOA04003
 
02/08/2023referred to environmental conservation
01/03/2024referred to environmental conservation
02/13/2024reported
02/15/2024advanced to third reading cal.307
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A04003 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4003
 
SPONSOR: Glick
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for gas production   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill to protect certain lands from oil and gas production leasing.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would prohibit the exploration, development and production of gas on state-owned state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife manage- ment areas, and unique areas.   JUSTIFICATION: Currently the exploration, development and production of gas in state- owned lands is prohibited in state parks and the lands under the waters of Lake Ontario or along its shorelines. This bill would add state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas to the publicly owned lands where the exploration, development and production of gas is prohibited.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22:A.4242- Referred to Environmental ConservationCommittee 2019-20:A.4167- Referred to Environmental ConservationCommittee 2017-18:A.5021- Referred to Environmental ConservationCommittee 2015-16:A.6682- Referred to Environmental ConservationCommittee   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A04003 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4003
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife
          management areas and unique areas for gas production

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 1 of section 23-1101 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws  of
     3  2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  The  exploration, development and production of gas in state-owned
     5  lands, except state park  lands,  state  forests,  reforestation  areas,
     6  wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district
     7  as  defined  in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the
     8  waters of Lake Ontario or along its shoreline; and
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02833-02-3
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