Bill Text: NY A02477 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation to prepare an annual report detailing the condition of New York state's natural environment to be annually submitted to the governor, legislature and public on or before December 31.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A02477 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02477-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2477
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. CAHILL,  COLTON,  LUPARDO,  ORTIZ,  SWEENEY  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         providing for a state of New York state's natural  environment  annual
         report
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new section 3-0121 to read as follows:
    3  S 3-0121. STATE OF NEW YORK STATE'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANNUAL REPORT.
    4    1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PREPARE  AN  ANNUAL  REPORT (HEREINAFTER
    5  REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS "REPORT") ON THE  STATE  OF  THE  STATE'S
    6  NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE BEGIN-
    7  NING IN CALENDAR YEARS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
    8    2. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    9    A.  IDENTIFICATION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHANGES TO
   10  THE QUALITY OF THE STATE'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
   11  ED TO, EFFECTS TO AIR, WATER, SOIL, WETLANDS, AND OTHER NATURAL COMMUNI-
   12  TIES AND WILDLIFE, AND THE CAUSES UNDERLYING SUCH CHANGES; AND
   13    B. SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMATIC  ACCOMPLISHMENTS  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND
   14  AREAS  IN  WHICH  SIGNIFICANT  ISSUES  AND PROBLEMS REMAIN UNRESOLVED OR
   15  UNADDRESSED, AND PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
   16  FOR RESOLVING AND ADDRESSING SUCH ISSUES.
   17    3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY USE  INFORMATION  AND  MATERIAL  CONTAINED  IN
   18  OTHER REPORTS REQUIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
   19    4.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE ENTITLED
   20  TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE DATA FROM ANY  STATE  AGENCY  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE
   21  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   22    5.  SUCH  REPORT SHALL BE ANNUALLY SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, LEGISLA-
   23  TURE AND PUBLIC ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
   24  MAKE THE REPORT AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FREE  OF  CHARGE  AND
   25  SUCH REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05895-01-3