Bill Text: NY S00270 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for renewable energy generating projects with a generating capacity not exceeding two megawatts and which are located above real property currently used for vehicle parking.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S00270 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S00270-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           270

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  HARCKHAM,  ADDABBO,  COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN,
          GOUNARDES, HELMING, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MAY,  ORTT,  STAVISKY
          -- 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
          providing an exemption from requirements for the alienation  of  park-
          land for renewable energy generating projects

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

     1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 52-0908 to read as follows:
     3  § 52-0908. Restriction  on alienation exemption; renewable energy gener-
     4               ating projects.
     5    Notwithstanding section 52-0907 of this title, real property acquired,
     6  developed, improved, restored or rehabilitated by a municipality  pursu-
     7  ant to subdivision four of section 52-0901 of this title with funds made
     8  available  pursuant to this title may be sold or disposed of or used for
     9  other than public park purposes without the express authority of an  act
    10  of  the  legislature,  provided  that  such real property is not located
    11  within the Adirondack park or Catskill park, as such terms  are  defined
    12  in section 9-0101 of this chapter, and when such sale or disposal:
    13    1. applies only to the sale or disposal or rights to airspace directly
    14  above such real property; and
    15    2.  is  for the construction, installation and/or operation of a solar
    16  energy project not to exceed two megawatts of  generating  capacity  and
    17  which is located above real property currently used for vehicle parking.
    18    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to alien-
    19  ations of parkland for renewable energy generating projects occurring on
    20  or after such date.

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