Bill Text: NY A03419 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring state agencies to report on greenhouse gas emissions as a result of their operations

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-08-16 - tabled [A03419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03419-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3419
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. SWEENEY, KAVANAGH, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. PHEFFER -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         requiring state agencies to report on greenhouse gas  emissions  as  a
         result of their operations
         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 1 of section 3-0311 of
    2  the environmental conservation law, as amended by  chapter  741  of  the
    3  laws  of  1991,  is  amended  and  a new paragraph d is added to read as
    4  follows:
    5    Each state agency as defined in subdivision five of this section shall
    6  annually audit the environmental problems created by its  operations  or
    7  the  operations  of  contractors it has hired and over whom it has exer-
    8  cised or is required to exercise direct oversight, acting in fulfillment
    9  of their contracts. Such audit shall identify the extent to which  these
   10  operations  are  in  violation  of  this chapter, or regulations adopted
   11  thereunder. IN ADDITION, EACH SUCH  STATE  AGENCY  SHALL  CALCULATE  THE
   12  AMOUNT  OF  GREENHOUSE GAS EMITTED AS A RESULT OF THEIR OPERATIONS. Each
   13  such state agency shall submit a report to the department on  or  before
   14  April first of each year. The report shall:
   15    D.  DESCRIBE  THE  GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS A RESULT OF THEIR OPER-
   16  ATIONS, STEPS TAKEN TO  REDUCE  SUCH  EMISSIONS,  AND  POSSIBLE  FURTHER
   17  ACTIONS TO REDUCE SUCH EMISSIONS.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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