New York Assembly Bill A09323 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9323  IN ASSEMBLY February 29, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT in relation to directing the department of environmental conser- vation to develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma; and making an appropriation therefor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Within amounts appropriated therefor, the department of 2 environmental conservation shall develop and implement a tree planting 3 pilot program in the state. The department of environmental conservation 4 shall consult with the department of health to determine the ten zip 5 codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma. The department 6 of environmental conservation, in consultation with local agencies, 7 shall plant trees in such zip codes to ameliorate the environmental 8 conditions in those areas. Such pilot program shall continue for a peri- 9 od of five years after the effective date of this act. At the end of 10 such period, the department of environmental conservation, in consulta- 11 tion with the department of health, shall report to the governor, the 12 temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the 13 results of such pilot program and any recommendations for legislative 14 action. 15 § 2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much thereof 16 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of envi- 17 ronmental conservation from the general fund, for implementation of the 18 tree planting pilot program required by section one of this act. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2024. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10126-01-3