Senate Bill S6456

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state climate change task force

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S6456 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1391
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19 Title 13 §§19-1301 - 19-1305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1121, A6945
2013-2014: S3742, A4033
2015-2016: S3001, A5943
2017-2018: S3682, A3478
2019-2020: S2742, A3298

2011-S6456 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state climate change task force; establishes the membership of the task force; establishes the powers and duties of the task force.

2011-S6456 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6456 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6456

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 10, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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
  establishing the New York state climate change task force

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Article 19 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
                                TITLE 13
                NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE
SECTION 19-1301. CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE.
        19-1303. TASK FORCE COMPOSITION.
        19-1305. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TASK FORCE.
S 19-1301. CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE.
  1. THE NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED.
THE ROLE OF THE TASK  FORCE  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
CONDUCTING  AN  IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF ISSUES RELATED TO GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE INCLUDING:
  A. ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF GLOBAL  CLIMATE  CHANGE  ON  THE
CITIZENS,  NATURAL  RESOURCES,  AND  ECONOMY OF THE STATE. SUCH RESEARCH
SHALL INCLUDE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION, PROPERTY
VALUES, PUBLIC HEALTH, INSURANCE, AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.
RESEARCH SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  POTENTIAL  IMPACTS  ON  WATERS,  FORESTS,
WETLANDS,  AND  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES OF THE STATE.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING SUBWAYS, BRIDGES, LOW-LY-
ING ROADS, CAUSEWAYS, WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AND  DOCKS,
SHALL  BE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON INDUSTRIES INCLUDING
SHIPPING, TIMBER, FISHERIES, POWER GENERATION, HEALTHCARE, TOURISM,  AND
RECREATION.  SUCH  ASSESSMENT  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE A REVIEW OF EXISTING
RELATED RESEARCH;
  B. IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING CURRENT EFFORTS TO  TRACK  AND  MITIGATE
CLIMATE  CHANGE  AND  ITS  POTENTIAL  IMPACTS  ON  THE NORTHEAST REGION,
INCLUDING THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE,  PARTICULARLY  ON  NEW
YORK STATE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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