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Jan 06, 2016 | referred to environmental conservation |
Feb 09, 2015 | referred to environmental conservation |
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Co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Amy Paulin
Barbara Lifton
Michelle Schimel
Multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Vivian Cook
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Sandy Galef
A4949 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S885
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง8-0119, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010: A3423, A9480, S1635
2011-2012: A3279, S4618
2013-2014: A7155, S675
2017-2018: A3386, S1540
2019-2020: A7971, S7548
2021-2022: A3510, S2798
2023-2024: A4287, S567
A4949 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prevents individuals from being denied standing in private actions alleging violations of the environmental quality review provisions of the environmental conservation law solely on the basis that the injury alleged by such individual does not differ in kind or degree from the injury that would be suffered by the public at large.
A4949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4949 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, LIFTON, SCHIMEL, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, PEOPLES-STOKES, TITONE, SKOUFIS, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, COOK, DINOWITZ, GALEF, GLICK, HOOPER, PERRY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the environmental access to justice act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "environ- mental access to justice act". S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 8-0119 to read as follows: S 8-0119. STANDING. IF A PERSON INSTITUTES A PROCEEDING UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DENIED STANDING SOLELY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE INJU- RY ALLEGED BY SUCH PERSON DOES NOT DIFFER IN KIND OR DEGREE FROM THE INJURY THAT WOULD BE SUFFERED BY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00456-01-5