ESFPA Is In Support of the Following Memos for 2023

 

 

Memos of Support

Bill # & Full Language Link

Bill Description

Memo

 Date Memo Issued

A. 161/ S. 31

Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes.

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January 30, 2023

A. 2544

Relates to the liability of landowners who permit recreational uses of their land; establishes landowners owe no duty to keep premises safe for entry, passage over premises or other recreational uses or to give warning of any hazardous condition or use of or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering for such purposes.

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January 31, 2023

A. 964/S. 1292

Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2023; provides such standard is intended to reduce carbon intensity from the on-road transportation sector by 20% by 2031, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.

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February 2, 2023

A. 1314

Approves land transactions relating to the implementation of the land exchange for the forest preserve health and safety land account and public utility improvements.

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February 4, 2023

A. 1458/S. 192

Relates to providing a tax credit for densified biomass fuel expenditures; defines "qualified densified biomass fuel expenditures" and "densified biomass fuel".

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February 4, 2023

A. 51

Establishes the New York state clean energy tech production program as a self-directed program for industrial, commercial and large users in order to stimulate the growth and adoption of more efficient use of energy, greater use of advanced energy management products, deeper penetration of renewable energy resources, wider deployment of "distributed" energy resources, and storage.

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 January 30, 2023

A. 783/S. 2630

Relates to establishing an urban deer management pilot program; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a certified nuisance wildlife specialist a deer cull permit; defines terms.

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March 27, 2023

A. 6039/S. 6030

Relates to the state greenhouse gas emission accounting system; aligns the state accounting system with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) accounting system.

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April 4, 2023