S 1069: Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1069 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KAVANAGH, MAY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for gas and oil production The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of section 23-1101 of 2 the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws 3 of 2019, are amended to read as follows: 4 a. The exploration, development and production of gas in state-owned 5 lands, except state park lands, state forests, reforestation areas, 6 wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district 7 as defined in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the 8 waters of Lake Ontario or along its shoreline; and 9 b. The exploration, development and production of oil in state-owned 10 lands, except state park lands, state forests, reforestation areas, 11 wildlife management areas, unique areas, the marine and coastal district 12 as defined in section 13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the 13 waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario or along their shorelines. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01648-01-5