Int 0447-2014
Procurement of native trees and vegetation.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2014-08-21
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2014-08-21Passed: 2017-12-31
Committee on Parks and Recreation — Department of Parks and Recreation.
How it compares
16% of similar bills passed
8 passed · 42 died
This bill: 1228 days in committee
Similar bills: median 603 days · 113 days when passed
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Sponsors (8)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-08-21 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-08-21 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2014-08-21 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 18-141 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c-1 to read as follows:
c-1. The department shall, where practicable, limit its procurement of trees and vegetation for landscaping to native species grown and harvested within the level III ecoregions, as identified by the United States environmental protection agency, that include any part of the city.
�2. This local law shall take effect one hundred twenty days after its enactment, except that the commissioner of parks and recreation shall take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.
ARP
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07/23/2014 10:45 AM