NY A05839 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Includes additional definitions for procedures relating to state purchasing of tropical hardwoods; requires state to maximize the use of environmentally preferable building materials; requires use of information provided by forest certifiers; requires the governor to develop a list of eligible forest certifiers and a chain of custody certifiers.

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Title

Includes additional definitions for procedures relating to state purchasing of tropical hardwoods; requires state to maximize the use of environmentally preferable building materials; requires use of information provided by forest certifiers; requires the governor to develop a list of eligible forest certifiers and a chain of custody certifiers.

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-01-06Assemblyreferred to governmental operations
2015-03-05Assemblyreferred to governmental operations

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