Bill Text: NY S04439 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a tick control district in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-16 - PRINT NUMBER 4439B [S04439 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04439-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4439--B A. 6316--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY March 20, 2015 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern- ment -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Governments in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT authorizing the town of East Hampton, Suffolk county, to estab- lish a tick control district The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The town of East Hampton, in the county of Suffolk, is 2 hereby authorized to establish a tick control district pursuant to arti- 3 cles 12 and 12-A of the town law. Such tick control district shall be 4 established, funded, operated and otherwise controlled by the provisions 5 of articles 12 and 12-A of the town law and the provisions of this act. 6 To the extent that the provisions of this act shall in any way be in 7 conflict with articles 12 and 12-A of the town law, the provisions of 8 this act shall be controlling. 9 § 2. The purpose of the tick control district shall be to take such 10 action as may be required to adopt plans and specifications and enter 11 into a contract or contracts, or take such other actions as may be 12 required, and shall be authorized to use every means feasible and prac- 13 tical to conduct surveillance and investigations related to tick popu- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09407-03-6S. 4439--B 2 A. 6316--B 1 lations and presence of tick-borne diseases and to suppress ticks which 2 are vectors of human disease requiring public action for their control. 3 Such measures shall not be injurious to wildlife, human health, or the 4 environment. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.