Bill Text: NY A00430 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 430 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that an environmental impact statement for any action proposed or approved which may have a significant impact on the environment shall be prepared by a firm which is not related or associated with the applicant for the project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A00430 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00430-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          430
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GLICK, MILLMAN, COLTON -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prep-
         aration of environmental impact statements
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 8-0109 of
    2  the environmental conservation law, as amended by  chapter  219  of  the
    3  laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    4    All  agencies  [(or applicant as hereinafter provided)] shall prepare,
    5  or cause to be prepared by contract or otherwise an environmental impact
    6  statement on any action they propose or approve which may have a signif-
    7  icant effect on the environment.  SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE PREPARED BY AN
    8  INDEPENDENT ENTITY NOT RELATED OR IN ANY WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE  APPLI-
    9  CANT,   OR  THE  FIRM  UNDER  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  DESIGN,  START  UP  OR
   10  CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION OR  PLAN.  Such  a  statement  shall
   11  include a detailed statement setting forth the following:
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01166-01-3