Bill Text: NY A00124 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that inspection reports on dam safety conform to existing public disclosure laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A00124 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00124-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 124 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva- tion AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to inspection reports on dam safety The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 15-0516 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as added by chapter 17 of the laws of 2006, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 1. Within thirty days of the creation by the department of any 5 inspection report of any intermediate or high hazard dam, the department 6 shall provide, to the chief executive officer of a municipality in which 7 the dam is located, a copy of such report. Such report shall also be 8 furnished to the chief executive officer of any other municipality in 9 the county where the dam is located, or any county adjoining such county 10 upon written request of the chief executive officer of such munici- 11 pality. Provided, however, that any inspection report issued shall be 12 vetted to conform to the existing public disclosure laws, as provided in 13 article six of the public officers law. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 15 have been in full force and effect on and after March 28, 2006. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01953-01-9
