Bill Text: NY A06844 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the climate relocation planning and preparation act to prepare state government and regional planning councils for the possibility of increased in-migration to New York state due to climate change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A06844 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06844-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6844

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LEVENBERG  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  the  climate
          relocation planning and preparation act

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 43  to
     2  read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 43
     4               CLIMATE RELOCATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION ACT
     5  Section 930. Short title.
     6          931. Definitions.
     7          932.  New York state climate relocation planning and preparation
     8                 working group.
     9          933. Regional climate relocation planning and preparation.
    10          934. Implementation.
    11          935. Funding.
    12    § 930. Short title. This article shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    13  the "climate relocation planning and preparation act".
    14    §  931.    Definitions.  As  used in this article, the following terms
    15  shall have the following meanings:
    16    1. "Department" means the department of state.
    17    2. "Regional planning  council"  means  a  regional  planning  council
    18  established pursuant to section two hundred thirty-nine-h of the general
    19  municipal law.
    20    3.  "Climate  relocation"  means increased migration and relocation of
    21  individuals to more desirable locations due to the  impacts  of  climate
    22  change.
    23    §  932.  New  York  state  climate relocation planning and preparation
    24  working group. 1. The department shall  establish  an  interagency  "New
    25  York state climate relocation planning and preparation working group" to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  develop  a  state  strategy  to  help  prepare  for  the  possibility of
     2  increased in-migration due to climate relocation.
     3    2.  The  state strategy developed under this section shall, at a mini-
     4  mum:
     5    (a) consider all aspects  of  state  government,  including,  but  not
     6  limited  to,  economic  development, education, agricultural production,
     7  public health, and water resources and management;
     8    (b)  identify  potential  impacts  of  climate  relocation  on   state
     9  resources and services; and
    10    (c)  make  recommendations  of  actions to be taken by state and local
    11  government to prepare for such impacts.
    12    3. The working group created by subdivision one of this section  shall
    13  provide  the state strategy developed under this section to the regional
    14  planning councils by no later than the first of  January,  two  thousand
    15  twenty-five.
    16    §  933.  Regional  climate relocation planning and preparation. 1. The
    17  regional planning councils shall develop  regional  frameworks  to  help
    18  prepare  for  the  implementation  of the state strategy developed under
    19  section nine hundred thirty-two  of  this  article  and  any  additional
    20  regional strategies identified by such regional planning councils.
    21    2.  The  regional  frameworks developed under this section shall, at a
    22  minimum:
    23    (a) consider regional strengths  and  areas  of  improvement  to  help
    24  prepare  for  the  possibility  of increased in-migration due to climate
    25  relocation;
    26    (b) identify potential  impacts  of  climate  relocation  on  regional
    27  resources and services;
    28    (c) identify and prioritize specific projects and initiatives to reac-
    29  tivate  or  develop regional infrastructure, such as housing, sewer, and
    30  other infrastructure already existing in  areas  that  have  experienced
    31  declining population; and
    32    (d)  incorporate  the  state  strategy  developed  under  section nine
    33  hundred thirty-two of this article, as appropriate for each region.
    34    3. The regional planning councils shall complete the  regional  frame-
    35  works  developed  under this section by no later than the first of Janu-
    36  ary, two thousand twenty-six.
    37    § 934. Implementation. The department and regional  planning  councils
    38  shall take such actions as may be necessary to develop and implement the
    39  state  strategy  and  regional  frameworks  required under sections nine
    40  hundred thirty-two and nine hundred thirty-three of this article.
    41    § 935. Funding. The department  and  regional  planning  councils  are
    42  authorized  to  seek  and  accept  grants, donations, and other forms of
    43  funding to support the development and implementation of the state stra-
    44  tegy and regional frameworks required under sections nine hundred  thir-
    45  ty-two and nine hundred thirty-three of this article.
    46    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.