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Assembly Bill A768

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates a task force to examine the potential causes of flooding in downstream areas of reservoirs

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2009-A768 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง15-0805, En Con L

2009-A768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that the commissioner of environmental conservation convene a task force to examine the potential causes of flooding in downstream areas of reservoirs.

2009-A768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   768

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, CAHILL, LUPARDO, JOHN, MOLINARO, SPANO,
  CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BOYLAND,  COOK,  ESPAILLAT,
  GREENE,  MAYERSOHN,  REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  levels of certain reservoirs

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

  Section 1. Section 15-0805 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE THE POTEN-
TIAL CAUSES OF FLOODING IN  DOWNSTREAM  AREAS  OF  RESERVOIRS  REGULATED
PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. THE TASK FORCE SHALL CONSIST OF THE COMMISSIONER
OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, A NEW YORK MEMBER OF
THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, AND FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESEN-
TATIVES  FROM COUNTIES IN WHICH SUCH RESERVOIRS ARE LOCATED, TWO OF WHOM
SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE AND TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. IN ADDITION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY  BE
REPRESENTED ON THE TASK FORCE BY A REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED
STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND/OR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DELAWARE
RIVERMASTER'S  OFFICE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE
TASK FORCE. THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE SHALL  SERVE  WITHOUT  COMPEN-
SATION BUT SHALL BE PAID THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN
AND  INCIDENT  TO  THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. THE TASK FORCE SHALL
EXAMINE POTENTIAL CAUSES OF SUCH FLOODING INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO
RESERVOIR  OVERFLOW,  PRECIPITATION  PATTERNS  AND  TOPOGRAPHY. THE TASK
FORCE SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING  MEASURES  TO  MITIGATE  THE
POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE FLOODING INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MONITOR-

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

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