Bill Text: NY S07545 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7545 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Creates a program to assist lake associations with water quality improvement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-24 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S07545 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07545-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7545

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 24, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          creating  a  program  to  assist  lake associations with water quality
          improvement

          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 15-0519 to read as follows:
     3  § 15-0519. Water quality improvement; lake associations.
     4    1. Subject to an appropriation for such purpose, the department shall,
     5  in consultation with the environmental facilities corporation, create  a
     6  program  to assist lake associations with water quality improvement. The
     7  program shall, at the request of a lake association:
     8    a. identify any water quality concerns at a water body  managed  by  a
     9  lake association;
    10    b.  determine  the  most  effective way to remediate any water quality
    11  concerns; and
    12    c. assist with determining best  practices  to  improve  and  maintain
    13  water quality at lake associations.
    14    2. The department shall establish a grant program to assist with reme-
    15  dial actions to address the water quality at lake associations.
    16    3. The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to
    17  implement this section.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    20  ment, and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to  implement
    21  the  provisions  of  this  act  on its effective date are authorized and
    22  directed to be completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14921-01-0