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NY S07155
Bill
Status
3/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Suzi Oppenheimer
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AI Summary
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Amends Town Law Section 263 to replace narrow language about solar energy systems with broader "renewable energy resources" including solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, and fuel cells using renewable fuels
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Amends Village Law Section 7-704 with identical language to expand the definition of renewable energy resources that local planning regulations must accommodate
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Requires local building and planning regulations in towns and villages to make provisions for the accommodation of renewable energy resources to the extent conditions permit
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable energy resources such as solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, and fuel cells using renewable fuels.
Last Action
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
6/23/2010