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A 1473: Prohibits the department of environmental conservation from charging any application fee or any other fee for activities undertaken pursuant to a lake program.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified July 2, 2025

What A 1473 does, verified July 2, 2025

The bill aims to exempt the state from charging application fees or other fees for activities under the Adopt-a-Park, shoreline, roadway, or lake programs. These programs, proposed under the general municipal law, are designed to promote community involvement in maintaining and improving public spaces. The exemption will apply to any activity undertaken pursuant to these programs, as outlined in the general municipal law. The bill will take effect on the same date as the proposed chapter of the general municipal law.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s807 (2025-02-11)Alert me
Recent actions6 total · showing 5
Feb. 12, 2025substituted by s807
Feb. 11, 2025rules report cal.99
Feb. 11, 2025reported
Feb. 11, 2025reported referred to rules
Feb. 11, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.99
Full action history, 1 earlier actionConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 325 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1473 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general municipal law relating to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4636 and A. 4563, in relation to fees for activities under- taken pursuant to a lake program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the 2 general municipal law relating to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal 3 park, shoreline or roadway programs, as proposed in legislative bills 4 numbers S. 4636 and A. 4563 is renumbered section 4 and a new section 3 5 is added to read as follows: 6 § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 70-0117 of the environmental conserva- 7 tion law, as amended by chapter 329 of the laws of 1995, is amended to 8 read as follows: 9 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall 10 not charge any application fee or any other fee for any activity under- 11 taken pursuant to an adopt-a-park, shoreline [or], roadway or lake 12 program pursuant to section two hundred seventy-seven of the general 13 municipal law. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 15 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general municipal 16 law relating to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or 17 roadway programs, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4636 and 18 A. 4563, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02851-01-5 
Text of A 1473 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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