Bill Text: NY S06230 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the use of benthic barriers, between July 1 and October 31, to control invasive aquatic plants around docks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S06230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06230-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6230

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 5, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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
          control of aquatic vegetation by means of a benthic barrier

          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 9-1712 to read as follows:
     3  § 9-1712. Control of aquatic vegetation by means of a benthic barrier.
     4    1.  For  the  purposes of this section, "benthic barrier" shall mean a
     5  film of natural or synthetic matter which is gas permeable and  anchored
     6  by  means other than stone from the lake bottom, for the sole purpose of
     7  controlling or suppressing aquatic vegetation around  residential  docks
     8  or swimming areas.
     9    2. No person shall be prohibited from placing temporary benthic barri-
    10  ers in any freshwater body of water located in front of his or her prop-
    11  erty's  shoreline between July first and October thirty-first each year,
    12  for the purpose of controlling invasive aquatic plants around, near  and
    13  between docks.
    14    3.  The  placement  of  these  temporary benthic barriers shall not be
    15  considered "fill", and therefore are not subject to  the  provisions  of
    16  title  five  of  article  fifteen  of  this  chapter  or  General Permit
    17  GP-0-17-001.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



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