Bill Text: NY S04356 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes directors of soil and water conservation districts to undertake public information and education programs on the principles and practices for the preservation and conservation of the soil and water resources of the state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - SIGNED CHAP.292 [S04356 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4356
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 21, 2013
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       Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on
         Rural  Resources)  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
         to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  soil  and  water  conservation  districts  law,  in
         relation  to  authorizing  directors  of  soil  and water conservation
         districts to undertake public information and education programs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 9 of the soil and water conservation districts law
    2  is amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
    3    (16) TO  UNDERTAKE  AN  EXTENSIVE  PUBLIC  INFORMATION  AND  EDUCATION
    4  PROGRAM  TO  INFORM  AND  INVOLVE  PUBLIC  AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND
    5  GROUPS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE COMMITMENT TO  THE  PRINCIPLES  AND
    6  PRACTICES  OF  PRESERVATION  AND  CONSERVATION  OF  THE  SOIL  AND WATER
    7  RESOURCES OF THIS STATE AND TO THE POLICIES SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO  OF
    8  THIS CHAPTER.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04343-01-3