assembly Bill A7976A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires southeast Queens to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 20, 2014 reference changed to ways and means
Jan 16, 2014 print number 7976a
Jan 16, 2014 amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 13, 2014 committed to environmental conservation
Jan 08, 2014 ordered to third reading cal.394
returned to assembly
died in senate
Jun 20, 2013 referred to rules
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jun 19, 2013 ordered to third reading rules cal.568
rules report cal.568
reported
Jun 18, 2013 reported referred to rules
Jun 17, 2013 reference changed to ways and means
Jun 12, 2013 referred to environmental conservation

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A7976 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4035
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3822, S5412
2017-2018: S1671
2019-2020: S2758
2021-2022: S3154
2023-2024: S1084

A7976 - Summary

Requires southeast Queens to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality.

A7976 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7976

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCARBOROUGH,  TITUS, JAFFEE, LAVINE, COOK --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of A. BRENNAN, PERRY,  ROBINSON,  STECK  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT relating to requiring certain municipalities to mitigate certain
  property damage caused by environmental issues  which  are  caused  by
  acts or omissions of such municipality

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

  Section 1. In a city with a population of one million or  more,  where
the  municipality  or  its departments by acts of omission or commission
either creates or greatly contributes to an environmental  crisis  which
impacts  a sizable segment of its citizens, creating property damage and
threatening residents'  health,  and  where  such  municipality  or  its
departments either owns or controls the infrastructure that can substan-
tially mitigate this environmental issue and bring relief to those resi-
dents,  then such municipality shall be required and directed to utilize
that infrastructure to provide a clear, objective and quantifiable  plan
to obtain relief in a timely manner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08740-01-3

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Multi-Sponsors

A7976A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4035
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3822, S5412
2017-2018: S1671
2019-2020: S2758
2021-2022: S3154
2023-2024: S1084

A7976A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires southeast Queens to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality.

A7976A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7976--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, TITUS, JAFFEE, LAVINE, COOK, TITONE
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, PERRY, ROBINSON,  STECK  --
  read  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
  -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT relating to requiring southeast Queens to mitigate certain prop-
  erty damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or
  omissions of such municipality

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

  Section  1. In southeast Queens, where the municipality or its depart-
ments by acts of  omission  or  commission  either  creates  or  greatly
contributes  to  an environmental crisis which impacts a sizable segment
of its citizens, creating property  damage  and  threatening  residents'
health,  and  where  such municipality or its departments either owns or
controls the infrastructure that can substantially mitigate  this  envi-
ronmental  issue  and bring relief to those residents, then such munici-
pality shall be required and directed to utilize that infrastructure  to
provide  a  clear, objective and quantifiable plan to obtain relief in a
timely manner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08740-05-4