Bill Text: NY A09177 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Designates the director of the upstate flood mitigation task force; relates to assessments of Erie Canal system operation procedures related to flood mitigation and management.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - substituted by s8204a [A09177 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09177-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9177--C IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, LAVINE, BUTTENSCHON, BRONSON, STECK, MAGNARELLI, McDONALD, SIMON, B. MILLER, LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit- tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation to designating the director of the upstate flood mitigation task force and assessments of Erie Canal system operation procedures related to flood mitigation and management; and to amend chapter 448 of the laws of 2017 amending the canal law relating to the upstate flood mitigation task force, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 139-a of the canal law, as added 2 by chapter 448 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3 5. "Upstate flood mitigation region" or "region" shall include a coun- 4 ty[, except a county wholly encompassed by a city and any county with a5population of one million or more] through which the Erie Canal passes 6 in whole or in part. 7 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 139-b of the canal law, as added by 8 chapter 448 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 9 2. The task force [shall appoint a] chairperson [from among its10members] shall be the director of the canal corporation. 11 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 139-c of the canal law, as added by 12 chapter 448 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 13 1. Conducting an in-depth examination, presented as a public report no 14 later than [six months from the date the task force is established] July 15 first, two thousand twenty-three, of flood control study sectors and 16 issues related to floodplain management, debris management, flood 17 control and flood mitigation in the upstate flood mitigation region 18 including: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14440-07-2A. 9177--C 2 1 (a) the cost or impact of flooding over the last five years to agri- 2 culture; transportation; land use; public health; insurance; economic 3 sectors such as tourism, recreation and power generation; as well as 4 impacts on infrastructure including bridges, low lying roads, dams, 5 locks, roads, water and wastewater treatment plants and docks; 6 (b) an assessment of [canal system] the Erie Canal operation proce- 7 dures and plans which may have a direct or indirect impact on flood 8 mitigation and flood management including, but not limited to debris 9 management, communication, water management and flood response; and 10 (c) a listing of adaptive measures, with associated costs, that could 11 be executed to mitigate flood damages, including but not limited to 12 feasible floodplain management activities, debris management, 13 construction of flood control structures, construction of communication 14 systems and flood mitigation education for public and private landown- 15 ers. 16 § 4. Section 139-c of the canal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 17 vision 6 to read as follows: 18 6. The task force shall meet at least four times at the call of the 19 chairperson between the effective date of this subdivision and July 20 first, two thousand twenty-three, and on an annual basis thereafter. 21 Special meetings may be called by its chairperson and shall be called by 22 the chairperson at the request of a majority of the members of the task 23 force then in office. 24 § 5. Section 3 of chapter 448 of the laws of 2017 amending the canal 25 law relating to the upstate flood mitigation task force, as amended by 26 chapter 164 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 28 section 139-d of the canal law, as added by section one of this act, 29 shall take effect April 1, 2018; and provided, further, that this act 30 shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, [2023] 2024. 31 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that 32 the amendments to article 13-B of the canal law made by sections one, 33 two, three and four of this act shall not affect the expiration and 34 repeal of such article and shall be deemed repealed therewith.