Provides for the phase-out on varying time schedules of state use of various categories of pesticides on state property; does not apply to certain antimicrobial pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to adopt a pest management plan for every state department, agency, and public benefit corporation; provides for waivers and exemptions. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Exempts revenues derived from religious organizations from the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment fee. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Enacts the "aquatic nuisance species coalition participation act"; authorizes the department of environmental conservation to participate in the Great Lakes aquatic nuisance species coalition. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Amends the environmental conservation law, in relation to providing for lifetime sportsman licenses for honorably discharged, disabled veterans. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ

Requires open space conservation projects to be undertaken with willing sellers; provides that the use of eminent domain for such projects shall be limited to lands where the owner thereof has consented thereto or where the eminent domain is required to quiet title. / Sponsor: LITTLE

Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: FINANCE

Authorizes the state to act as an agent of a municipality (to which state assistance has been provided) in the form of parens patriae, upon written request made by a municipality to the commissioner of environmental conservation and to the attorney general, to recover a municipality's share of the cost of an environmental restoration project from the responsible parties; provides that where a municipality has requested the state to so act to recover its share of the costs of an environmental restoration project, then that portion of such monies recovered or reimbursed which represents the proportionate share of the costs incurred by the municipality for each such project shall be paid out of such funds to the municipality by the comptroller upon the presentation of a claim therefor. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Authorizes the the county of Nassau to transfer ownership of certain parklands to Conservation Partners, LLC. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO

Requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare a report on the economic impact of hunting, fishing, trapping and wildlife-associated activities in New York. / Sponsor: VALESKY

Requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare a report on the economic impact of hunting, fishing, and wildlife-associated activities in New York. / Sponsor: VALESKY

Clarifies the state's obligation to make payments with respect to certain lands acquired by the department of environmental conservation. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Establishes a natural gas and oil well security fund to enable natural gas and oil producers to meet the financial security requirements in the environmental conservation law for the permitting, operation, maintenance and plugging of natural gas and oil wells. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Relates to farm pond dams; defines farm pond dams as dams principally installed to enhance agricultural, environmental and conservation benefits on farms. / Sponsor: YOUNG

Makes state funding from the environmental protection fund available for national estuary implementation projects which would implement water quality improvement projects pursuant to an approved action or comprehensive conservation and management plan prepared under the national estuary program. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Directs the department of agriculture and markets and the state soil and water conservation committee to review and define farm conservation practices which are within the professions of engineering, land surveying and architecture. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: AGRICULTURE

Grants a $100,000 real property tax exemption to conservation clubs and rod and gun clubs owning land acquired prior to January 1, 2011, having an assessed value of $500,000 or less. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Provides for the development of an environmental health tracking system within the department of health with cooperation from the departments of environmental conservation and labor; provides that the purpose is to gather various environmental data to correlate with disease data; requires the cooperation of the state university of New York school of public health at Albany and Buffalo. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: HEALTH

Provides for the development of an environmental health tracking system within the department of health with cooperation from the departments of environmental conservation and labor; provides that the purpose is to gather various environmental data to correlate with disease data; requires the cooperation of the state university of New York school of public health at Albany and Buffalo. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: HEALTH

Relates to enforcement actions for violations of the environmental conservation law. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Relates to enforcement actions for violations of the environmental conservation law. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES