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NY S09065
Bill
Status
12/21/2024
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Palumbo
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AI Summary
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Redefines "water quality improvement project" to mean projects designed to improve drinking and surface water quality and operational expenses for the Peconic Bay National Estuary Program, replacing the previous detailed list of specific project types.
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Requires towns in the Peconic Bay region with disadvantaged communities to utilize at least 10 percent of annual fund proceeds to benefit those communities, with "disadvantaged communities" defined per environmental conservation law section 75-0111.
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Allows unused water quality improvement funds to carry forward year-to-year for future budgets rather than expiring annually.
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Restricts management and stewardship funds to only land acquired for open space preservation and historic preservation purposes, limiting expenditures to specific protection, enhancement, or restoration projects with useful lives of five years or more.
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Establishes an Office of Regional Community Preservation Fund Counsel and Peconic Bay Region Advisory Committee (11 members including town supervisors, village representatives, and state legislative appointees) to provide consistent administration and legal guidance across the five towns (East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold).
Legislative Description
Relates to the Peconic Bay region community preservation funds; defines "disadvantaged communities"; provides that funds utilized for water quality improvement projects may be carried forward from year to year for utilization in future budgets and not less than ten percent of the annual proceeds of the fund shall be utilized to benefit disadvantaged communities; provides that management and stewardship funds may only be expended for projects related to lands acquired for open space preservation and historic preservation purposes; makes related provisions.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.666
12/21/2024