§ 53-0307. Funding of department; municipal authorization for local

Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 53-0307

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Urban forestry: means the planning, establishment, protection and other management of trees and other vegetation in urban areas for present and potential contribution to the physiological, sociological, and economic well-being of urban society. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 53-0303

urban forestry and arboriculture programs.

In the absence of federal legislation funding the department's participation under section 53-0305, no duty is imposed on the department hereunder. Federal funding, however, is not a prerequisite to local implementation of municipal urban forestry or arboriculture programs, as herein provided; and any municipality may implement a local urban forestry or arboriculture program within its jurisdiction under the authority of this title and chapter. All charges and expenses incurred under this section by a town shall be a charge upon the taxable property of that part of the town outside any incorporated village.