Bill Text: NY S01027 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the attorney general to commence a special proceeding in a court hearing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in the name of the people of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01027 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01027-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1027
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO,  DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, KRUEGER,
         SAVINO -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions of such law
         and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 1-0305 to read as follows:
    3  S 1-0305. POWERS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
    4    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
    5  ATTORNEY  GENERAL,  UPON HIS OR HER OWN INITIATIVE, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED
    6  TO, IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  ENFORCE  THE
    7  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
    8  PURSUANT THERETO BY COMMENCING A SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN  A  COURT  HAVING
    9  JURISDICTION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00538-01-3
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