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S1361Senate2013-2014 SessionSame asA9230

Relates to the wood products development council and contracts for timber or other forest products

Sponsor Betty LittleSD-45+4 co-sponsorsAffects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Agriculture
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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In Assembly · Agriculture

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Betty Little

Senator · Senate District 45

Chair, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation

History

  1. Referred to agriculture
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 34–23
  4. Advanced to third reading
  5. 2nd report cal.
  6. 1st report cal.161
  7. Referred to agriculture
  8. Returned to senate
  9. Died in assembly
  10. Referred to agriculture
  11. Delivered to assembly
  12. Passed senateVote 41–21
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  1. Advanced to third reading
  2. 2nd report cal.
  3. 1st report cal.177
  4. Referred to agriculture

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A9230Assembly

Relates to the wood products development council and contracts for timber or other forest products

In Assembly Committee · Agriculture · Sponsor Donna Lupardo

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Sponsor's memo

BILL NUMBER:S1361

Title of bill

An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the wood products development council; and to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to contracts for timber or other forest products

Purpose

This bill would ease burdensome contracting requirements currently required in order to gain permission from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to harvest timber on state lands.

Summary of provisions

Section 1- Amends subdivision 2 of section 225 of the agriculture and markets law is amended to clarify that the New York State Wood Products Council should work to enhance the timber industry in New York State

Section 2- Amends section 9-0505 of the environmental conservation law to allow the DEC to have sole contract authority over forestry projects on non-protected state lands that have a timber value under $50,000.

Justification

Currently, any contract of more than $10,000 to harvest timber on non-protected state lands must be approved by DEC and the State Comptroller's office. This dual review procedure can be overly time consuming and many times pushes the date for project initiation back by months as the contract wends its way through the bureaucracy of two state agencies. This frustration is compounded by the fact that the current contract threshold is very low and requires extremely small forestry projects to be held up without need

This new legislation would provide breathing room for the forestry industry and DEC by increasing the threshold for dual oversight over forestry projects from $10,000 to $50,000. As a result, any project with a contract of under $50,000 would be needed to be approved by only DEC

This proposal essentially mirrors language put forth by DEC in the Governor's 2010/2011 Executive Budget proposal

Legislative history

2011-12: S. 2485 Passed Senate; A. 444 Referred to Agriculture

Fiscal implications

None

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately

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