Bill Text: NY A03453 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A03453 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03453-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3453 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ 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 § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019 and shall expire and 15 be deemed repealed December 31, 2029. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01589-01-9