Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 16, 2024 |
reported and committed to finance |
Mar 22, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S8877
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4001
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 13 Title 9 §§13-0901 - 13-0905, amd §§13-0503 & 11-0323, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S7693, A4755
2021-2022: S1965, A6294
2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8877 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill establishes a policy of prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris, and in furtherance of this policy directs the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to prepare a marine and coastal debris action plan and take other actions to reduce despoliation of our marine and coastal waters and shores. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Bill § 1 adds a new Title 9 to Article 13 of the Environmental Conserva- tion Law (ECL) including: ECL § 13-1903 adds definitions of three terms:
2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8877 I N S E N A T E March 22, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 13 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows: TITLE 9 MARINE AND COASTAL DEBRIS PREVENTION AND MITIGATION SECTION 13-0901. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 13-0903. DEFINITIONS. 13-0905. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. § 13-0901. DECLARATION OF POLICY. IT IS DECLARED TO BE THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THIS STATE TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND RESTORE ITS MARINE AND COASTAL WATERS AND TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE THEIR DESPOLIATION BY MARINE AND COASTAL DEBRIS, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY COASTAL AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS AND THE BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE TO COMMUNITIES. § 13-0903. DEFINITIONS. 1. "MARINE AND COASTAL DEBRIS" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSISTENT SOLID MATERI- AL THAT IS MANUFACTURED OR PROCESSED, AND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INTEN- TIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, DISPOSED OF OR ABANDONED IN THE WATERS OF THE MARINE AND COASTAL DISTRICT, INCLUDING DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN DUMPED, SWEPT, OR BLOWN OFF COMMERCIAL AND FISHING VESSELS, OR STATIONARY PLAT- FORMS AT SEA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GHOST GEAR, AND DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED ON LAND AND BLOWN, SWEPT, OR WASHED OUT TO MARINE AND COASTAL WATERS. 2. "GHOST GEAR" SHALL MEAN LOST OR ABANDONED FISHING GEAR, INCLUDING FISHING NETS, FISHING LINES, CRAB POTS, SHRIMP POTS, LOBSTER POTS OR TRAPS, FISH OR EEL POTS, AND OTHER COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHING EQUIPMENT, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE LOST OR ABANDONED VESSELS OR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS THEREOF. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06980-01-3
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