Senate Bill S2165

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Exempts school districts from the requirements of smart growth

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6501
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5363
2017-2018: S2927

2015-S2165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts school districts from the requirements of smart growth.

2015-S2165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2165

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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  the
  state smart growth public infrastructure criteria

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.   Subdivision 1 of  section  6-0107  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  433  of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. In addition to meeting  other  criteria  and  requirements  of  law
governing  approval,  development,  financing  and  state  aid  for  the
construction of new or expanded  public  infrastructure  or  the  recon-
struction  thereof, no state infrastructure agency shall approve, under-
take, support or finance  a  public  infrastructure  project,  including
providing  grants,  awards, loans or assistance programs, unless, to the
extent practicable, it is consistent with the relevant  criteria  speci-
fied in subdivision two of this section.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS
OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  OR  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE
CONTRARY,  PROJECTS  FOR  THE  RECONSTRUCTION,  RENOVATION,  REPAIR   OR
IMPROVEMENT  OF  EXISTING  PUBLIC  SCHOOL FACILITIES OR EXISTING LIBRARY
FACILITIES, AND PROJECTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OR EXPANDED  PUBLIC
SCHOOL  OR  LIBRARY  FACILITIES  IN  CITIES  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS OR MORE, SHALL  NOT  BE  DEEMED
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTI-
CLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05347-01-5


              

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