A 4021: Prohibits the installation or replacement of synthetic turf at outdoor athletic fields and facilities owned or operated by municipalities or school districts in the state.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4021 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the installation or replacement of synthetic turf at outdoor athletic fields or outdoor athletic facilities owned or oper- ated by municipalities or school districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 37-0122 to read as follows: 3 § 37-0122. Synthetic turf; prohibited. 4 1. After January first, two thousand twenty-six, synthetic turf shall 5 not be used in the installation or replacement of outdoor athletic 6 fields or outdoor athletic facilities owned or operated by munici- 7 palities or school districts in the state. 8 2. For the purposes of this section, "synthetic turf" means any mate- 9 rials or compositions that are historically used in place of natural 10 grass. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07107-03-5