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
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                                         2989
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 30, 2015
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       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
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