Bill Text: NY A06537 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Establishes the flood mitigation and prevention task force to evaluate ways of protecting communities and residents of the state from flooding.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-10 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [A06537 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A06537-Amended.html
Bill Title: Establishes the flood mitigation and prevention task force to evaluate ways of protecting communities and residents of the state from flooding.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-10 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [A06537 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A06537-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6537--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAYER, BUCHWALD, CROUCH, GABRYSZAK, JAFFEE, LAVINE, ORTIZ, RAIA, ROZIC, SCHIMEL, SKARTADOS, OTIS, TITONE, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, COOK, GUNTHER, PERRY, RIVERA, SALADINO, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT relating to establishing the flood mitigation and prevention task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expi- ration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. 1. There is hereby established in the department of envi- 2 ronmental conservation a flood mitigation and prevention task force 3 ("task force") to consist of eleven members who shall be appointed as 4 follows: 5 (a) the commissioner of environmental conservation or his or her 6 designee; 7 (b) the commissioner of general services or his or her designee; 8 (c) the commissioner of the department of transportation or his or her 9 designee; 10 (d) the director of the state emergency management office or his or 11 her designee; 12 (e) the commissioner of the New York state division of homeland secu- 13 rity and emergency services or his or her designee; 14 (f) two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; 15 (g) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 16 (h) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; 17 (i) two members to be appointed by the temporary president of the 18 senate; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09320-07-3 A. 6537--A 2 1 2. The at-large members should include individuals who represent 2 flood-prone municipalities and counties. 3 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services 4 but shall be reimbursed for actual, necessary expenses incurred in the 5 performance of their duties. 6 4. The chairperson of the task force shall be the commissioner of 7 environmental conservation or his or her designee. The task force shall 8 meet no less than four times at the call of the chairperson. 9 5. Any vacancies on the task force shall be filled in the manner 10 provided for in the initial appointment. 11 6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and 12 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties. 13 7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational 14 institution, other government entity or agency or person including, but 15 not limited to, the army corps of engineers, in the development of the 16 report required by subdivision 10 of this section. 17 8. The department of environmental conservation shall provide the task 18 force with such facilities, assistance and data as will enable the task 19 force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other agen- 20 cies of the state or subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the 21 chairperson, provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and 22 data as will enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties. 23 9. The purpose of the flood mitigation/prevention task force shall be 24 to evaluate ways of protecting New York's communities and residents from 25 flooding, including inland flooding, and applying the best available 26 science and research to examine flooding-related issues and impacts. 27 10. No later than December 31, 2015, the task force shall transmit to 28 the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of 29 the assembly a report containing: 30 (a) an assessment of the extent and magnitude of the problem statewide 31 caused by flooding, including identifying those regions and populations 32 most affected by flooding; 33 (b) criteria and guidelines for identifying and prioritizing regions 34 and projects most in need of mitigation; 35 (c) identification of existing and emerging technologies, strategies 36 and concepts which can mitigate the impact of flooding on populations 37 and infrastructure; 38 (d) identification of potential funding sources to support residen- 39 tial, commercial and public mitigation efforts; 40 (e) research projects or studies to better understand how flooding 41 affects the geography and the population of this state; and 42 (f) recommendations to the governor and the state legislature on how 43 the state can best use its resources to assist flood-prone counties and 44 municipalities to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding. 45 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 46 deemed repealed January 1, 2016.