Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 21, 2013 |
committed to rules |
Jun 04, 2013 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2013 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2013 |
1st report cal.822 |
May 10, 2013 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S5138
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(R, IP) Senate District
2013-S5138 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6558
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd En Con L, generally; amd §325, Ag & Mkts L; amd §1161, Pub Health L
2013-S5138 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5138 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, the agriculture and markets law and the public health law, in relation to the consideration of future climate risk including sea level rise projections and other weather-related data; and in relation to requiring the preparation of model local zoning laws relating to climate risk PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to ensure that state monies and permits include consideration of the effects of climate change and extreme weather events. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would: *amend the "State Smart Growth Infrastructure Policy Act" to include the goal of mitigating future climate change impacts by considering sea level rise projections and available weather-related data predicting the likelihood of future extreme weather events; *amend the water pollution and drinking water revolving funds to include consideration of future climate change and other
2013-S5138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5138 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 10, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the agriculture and markets law and the public health law, in relation to the consider- ation of future climate risk including sea level rise projections and other weather-related data; and in relation to requiring the prepara- tion of model local zoning laws relating to climate risk THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-0107 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph k to read as follows: K. TO MITIGATE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS BY INCLUDING CONSIDER- ATION OF SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS AND AVAILABLE WEATHER-RELATED DATA PREDICTING THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. S 2. Item (e) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 17-1909 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chap- ter 565 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows: (e) conforms with applicable rules and regulations of the department, INCLUDING A DEMONSTRATION THAT FUTURE CLIMATE RISK INCLUDING SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS AND AVAILABLE WEATHER-RELATED DATA PREDICTING THE LIKE- LIHOOD OF FUTURE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED. S 3. Paragraphs g and h of subdivision 2 of section 27-1103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 618 of the laws of 1987, are amended and a new paragraph i is added to read as follows: g. The impact on the municipality where the facility is to be sited in terms of health, safety, cost and consistency with local planning, zoning or land use laws and ordinances, [and] h. The nature of the probable environmental impact, including specifi- cation of the predictable adverse effects on the natural environment and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10228-01-3
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