Bill Text: NY A07629 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the power of the commissioner of environmental conservation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-07-08 - tabled [A07629 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07629-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7629 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the powers of the commissioner of the department of environmental conser- vation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-0301 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as added by chapter 719 of the laws of 1981, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. The commissioner shall: 5 (A) cooperate with the commissioner of the state department of health, 6 district attorneys and the department of law in providing assistance in 7 the investigation and prosecution of violations of article twenty-seven 8 of this chapter; AND 9 (B) CONSIDER COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, REGULATIONS OR 10 PERMITS GOVERNING THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN RESOLVING A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO 11 OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES. 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. LBD11139-02-5