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NY S04266

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2017

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Griffo

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Town Law Section 263 to expand renewable energy accommodation requirements from solar energy systems only to include solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment, and fuel cells

  • Amends Village Law Section 7-704 with identical expansion of renewable and alternative energy sources that local building and planning regulations must accommodate

  • Requires local municipalities to make provisions in zoning and land use regulations to permit these renewable energy systems to the extent conditions allow

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment, and fuel cells.

Last Action

PRINT NUMBER 4266B

6/29/2018

Committee Referrals

Local Government2/7/2017

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