Bill Text: NY S00622 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates the upstate flood mitigation task force within the canal corporation; establishes the upstate flood mitigation fund to conduct studies on the impact of floods and on preventative or mitigation measures.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S00622 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00622-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         622--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, SEWARD -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
          accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the canal law, in relation to the upstate flood miti-
          gation task force; to amend the state  finance  law,  in  relation  to
          creating  the  upstate  flood  mitigation  fund; and providing for the
          repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  canal law is amended by adding a new article 13-B to
     2  read as follows:
     3                               ARTICLE XIII-B
     4                     UPSTATE FLOOD MITIGATION TASK FORCE
     5  Section 139. Upstate flood mitigation task force.
     6          139-a. Definitions.
     7          139-b. Task force composition.
     8          139-c. Task force duties and powers.
     9          139-d. Upstate flood mitigation grant program.
    10    § 139. Upstate flood mitigation task force. The  upstate  flood  miti-
    11  gation  task  force, referred to in this article as the "task force", is
    12  hereby established to identify reasonable measures that can be taken  to
    13  enhance  flood management and mitigation in the upstate flood mitigation
    14  region and to make recommendations and  provide  grant  assistance  with
    15  respect to such measures.
    16    § 139-a. Definitions. When used in this article:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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