Bill Text: NY A08202 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the department of environmental conservation shall deny or suspend any permit issued by the department if the applicant or the permittee or any of its directors, officers or senior management have been convicted of a criminal offense involving fraud, bribery, perjury, an offense against public administration as that term is used in article one hundred ninety-five of the penal law, or conspiracy to commit any such offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A08202 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08202-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8202 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to denial or suspension of permits due to certain criminal offenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 70-0115 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. The department shall deny or suspend a permit if the applicant or 4 permittee or any of its directors, officers or senior management have 5 been convicted of a criminal offense involving fraud, bribery, perjury, 6 an offense against public administration as that term is used in article 7 one hundred ninety-five of the penal law, or conspiracy to commit any 8 such offense, and, after a hearing or an opportunity for the applicant 9 or permittee to be heard, the department makes a written determination 10 that such criminal offense is related to, involves, or arises from the 11 issuance of such permit, or any previous permit issued to the applicant 12 or the permittee; provided, however, that the department shall not be 13 required to deny or suspend such permit if the department determines 14 such permit to be in the public interest or for public health and safe- 15 ty. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08501-01-3