A 3959: Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3959 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to siting permits for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habi- tats The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 139 of the public service law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. If a major electric transmission facility siting permit is 4 proposed for a site which is grassland bird breeding habitat or grass- 5 land bird wintering habitat within a department of environmental conser- 6 vation designated grassland bird conservation center, ORES shall require 7 a mitigation ratio of three acres of mitigation for every acre of occu- 8 pied grassland bird breeding habitat and one acre of mitigation for 9 every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat determined to be taken. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 11 the amendments to section 139 of the public service law made by section 12 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be 13 deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07808-01-5