2019 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands
Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy
24-0103 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 24-0103. Declaration of policy.

It is declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve, protect and conserve freshwater wetlands and the benefits derived therefrom, to prevent the despoliation and destruction of freshwater wetlands, and to regulate use and development of such wetlands to secure the natural benefits of freshwater wetlands, consistent with the general welfare and beneficial economic, social and agricultural development of the state.


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