NY A00564

Locks in the laws, rules, and regulations in effect at the time an application and environmental assessment form are filed with an agency, requiring those provisions to remain applicable throughout the entire review process

Applies the locked-in provisions until the final decision of all agencies with approval authority, including any appeals

Affects city and village planning commissions by preventing mid-review changes to applicable requirements from impacting pending applications

Reorganizes existing planning commission referral authority into numbered subdivisions while preserving current powers for referring matters like maps, plans, public buildings, bridges, parks, and infrastructure projects