Bill Text: NY S02989 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the Erie and Niagara County soil and water conservation districts to study runoff reduction volume when applied to soil profiles and topography within such counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S02989 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02989-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2989 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to authorize and direct the Erie county soil and water conserva- tion district and the Niagara county soil and water conservation district to study runoff reduction volume when applied to soil profiles and topography within Erie and Niagara counties THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The Erie county soil and water conservation district and 2 the Niagara county soil and water conservation district, in consultation 3 with the New York state department of environmental conservation and the 4 Western New York stormwater coalition, shall contract to study the 5 effectiveness of the New York state stormwater management design manu- 6 al's planning and design of green infrastructure practices to achieve 7 runoff reduction volume when applied to soil profiles and topography 8 within the counties of Erie and Niagara. Such study shall be eligible 9 for reimbursement pursuant to section 11-a of the state soil and water 10 conservation districts law. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01629-01-5