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A06857 Summary:

BILL NOA06857
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04829
 
SPONSORFall
 
COSPNSRReilly, Tannousis, Pirozzolo
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 3, Chap 306 of 2011
 
Extends, from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024, the expiration of the authorization granted to residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property.
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A06857 Actions:

BILL NOA06857
 
05/08/2023referred to environmental conservation
05/16/2023reported referred to rules
05/17/2023reported
05/17/2023rules report cal.175
05/17/2023ordered to third reading rules cal.175
05/17/2023passed assembly
05/17/2023delivered to senate
05/17/2023REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
05/30/2023SUBSTITUTED FOR S4829
05/30/20233RD READING CAL.612
05/30/2023PASSED SENATE
05/30/2023RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
08/11/2023delivered to governor
08/23/2023signed chap.299
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A06857 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6857
 
SPONSOR: Fall
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 306 of the laws of 2011, authorizing owners of residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the borough of Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property, in relation to extending the expiration and repeal date thereof for an additional year   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to establish a general residential fire break permit for the borough of Staten Island, city of New York to allow the owner . of residential real property to cut and remove phragmites.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends Section 3 of chapter 306 of the laws of 2011 authoriz- ing owners of residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the borough of Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their proper- ty, as amended by chapter 266 of the laws of 2022. Section 2. Provides for an immediate effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Every year on Staten Island there are series of dangerous brushfires. Many areas on Staten Island are prone to brushfires because they are thick with an invasive, nonnative species of weed - phragmites communis. Phragmites are reeds and combustible plants that commonly grow seven feet tall and often turn into tinderboxes especially during the spring and fall seasons. They have been the proven source of numerous brush fires which often escalate and threaten surrounding properties. Accord- ing to information provided by the New York City Fire Department, in the past 15 plus years there have been over 7,400 reported brush fires on Staten Island with close to 200 of them being "all hands on" requiring all fire houses on the Island to send assistance. This legislation extends chapter 58 of the laws of 2020 for another year. It allows a residential property owner in a high-risk brush fire area in the borough of Staten Island to obtain a no-cost permit to cut down these invasive combustible reeds thereby reducing the life-threat- ening pharagmite fires that not only destroy property and homes but put our first responders at risk as they battle these blazes. The no-cost permits can be obtained via telephone or in person through the Staten Island borough president's office. Furthermore, information regarding the availability of the residential fire break permits can be found on the Department of Environmental Conservation website.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022: A.9510/S.B357 - Chapter 266; 2021:A.2000/S.1550 - Chapter 115; 2020: A.10082 - Chapter 58(in budget); 2019:A.7006/S.2388 - Chapter 393; 2018: A.9873/S.7734 - Chapter 144; 2017:A.1189/5.1865 - Chapter 108; 2016: A.9876/S.7332 - Chapter 206; 2015:A.1460/S.2546 - Chapter 245; 2014: A.8862/S.6656 - Chapter 267; 2012:A.9046/S.6219 - Chapter 34; 2011: A.7463-A/S.4377-A - Chapter 306.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2024.
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A06857 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6857
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 306 of the laws of 2011, authorizing  owners  of
          residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the borough
          of  Staten  Island  to  cut  and  remove reeds from their property, in
          relation to extending the expiration and repeal date  thereof  for  an
          additional year
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 306 of the laws of  2011,  authorizing
     2  owners of residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the
     3  borough of Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property, as
     4  amended  by  chapter  266  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     7  deemed repealed  December 31, [2023] 2024.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09593-01-3
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