Bill Text: NY A02037 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to establish the Lake Deforest Flood Control Pilot Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A02037 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02037-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2037
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to authorize the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to
         establish the Lake DeForest Flood Control Pilot Program; and providing
         for the repeal of such 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 department of environmental conservation shall  estab-
    2  lish  the  Lake  DeForest  Flood  Control  Pilot Program to regulate the
    3  volume and releases of water from the Lake DeForest reservoir, which  is
    4  operated  by  a  privately  owned  waterworks  corporation as defined in
    5  section 2 of the public service law, to mitigate downstream flooding, to
    6  the maximum extent practicable while recognizing and ensuring the prima-
    7  ry purpose of the availability of sufficient quality drinking water. The
    8  department shall promulgate rules and regulations describing the circum-
    9  stances in which flood control  authority  may  be  used  including  the
   10  anticipation of a major weather event, large inflow of water into reser-
   11  voirs,  dam safety, seasonal precipitation schedules or any other condi-
   12  tion that may  reasonably  cause  unnecessary  flooding  to  surrounding
   13  areas.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2015 and shall expire and
   15  be deemed repealed December 31, 2025.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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