NY State Senate Bill S7908

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A10264 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 28, 2016	signed chap.464
Nov 16, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 14, 2016	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1517 substituted for s7908
Jun 14, 2016	substituted by a10264
Jun 07, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.1517 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 24, 2016	referred to environmental conservation

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S7908 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10264
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation

S7908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state ocean acidification task force to identify the causes and factors contributing to ocean acidification and to evaluate ways of addressing the problem by applying the best available science as to ocean acidification and its anticipated impacts.

S7908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S7908

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act in relation to creating the New York state ocean acidification
task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof

 PURPOSE :

To facilitate research, public education and information-sharing
regarding ocean acidification and its impacts on the State.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

This bill would create a fourteen member Ocean Acidification Task
Force within the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to
identify the causes and factors contributing to ocean acidification
and evaluating ways of addressing the problem by applying the best
available science. In addition to the DEC, Department of State (DOS)
and the Office of General Services, the Task force would include at
large members who would have expertise in one or more of the following
areas: climatology; hydrology; economics; marine fisheries;
aquaculture; oceanography; or ecology.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Atmospheric carbon dioxide forms carbonic acid when dissolved in
water. As a result, the increased levels of carbon dioxide resulting
from climate change have contributed to oceans becoming increasingly
acidic. Ocean acidification can be further exacerbated by runoff and
nutrient influx from land. According to information provided by the
Maine Ocean Acidification Commission, "Scientific data indicates that
the rate of acidification is at least 100 times faster at present than
at any other time in the last 200,000 years and may be unprecedented
in earth's history". In addition, it is thought that the Atlantic
Ocean along the Northeast shore will be especially vulnerable to ocean
acidification because carbon dioxide is increasingly soluble in cold
water and the Northeast will be subject to increasingly intense rain
events leading to more intensive runoff.

Although science is still developing, it is believed that ocean
acidification will have an adverse impact on the marine fisheries
industry, especially shellfish. The Draft Ocean Action Plan 20152025
prepared by DEC and the DOS indicates "In 2011, commercial fishing
industries landed more than 27 million pounds of finfish and shellfish
worth $37.6 million, generated $5 billion in sales in local
communities, contributed $1.8 billion to the gross state product and
supported 42,000 jobs. That same year, recreational anglers generated
$369 million in sales, contributed $212 million to gross state product
and supported 3,000 jobs".

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately and shall be deemed repealed January 1, 2019

S7908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7908

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 24, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. LAVALLE, HANNON, MARCELLINO, VENDITTO -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT in relation to creating the New York  state  ocean  acidification
  task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
  ration thereof

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

  Section 1. New York state ocean acidification task force. 1.  There is
hereby established, within the department of environmental conservation,
an ocean acidification task force ("task force") which shall consist  of
14 members who shall be appointed as follows:
  (a)  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  or his or her
designee;
  (b) the secretary of state or his or her designee;
  (c) the commissioner of the office of general services or his  or  her
designee;
  (d) two members appointed by the governor;
  (e)  two  members  to  be  appointed by the temporary president of the
senate;
  (f) two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
  (g) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
  (h) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
  (i) one member to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York;
  (j) one member to be appointed by the county executive of  the  county
of Nassau; and
  (k)  one  member to be appointed by the county executive of the county
of Suffolk.
  2. The at large members should include individuals with  expertise  in
one  or  more of the following areas: climatology; hydrology; economics;
marine fisheries including commercial and/or recreational fishing; envi-
ronmental; aquaculture; oceanography or  coastal  ocean  science;  ocean
acidification; and ecology or environmental biology.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15546-01-6

S. 7908                             2

  3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties.
  4.  The  chairperson  of  the  task force shall be the commissioner of
environmental conservation or his or her designee. The task force  shall
meet  no  less  than  four  times  and at other times at the call of the
chairperson.
  5. Any vacancies on the task force  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner
provided for in the initial appointment.
  6.  The  task  force  shall  be authorized to hold public hearings and
meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
  7. The task force  may  consult  with  any  organization,  educational
institution,  other government entity or agency or person including, but
not limited to, the national ocean and  atmospheric  administration,  in
the  development  of  its  report  required  by  subdivision  10 of this
section.
  8. The department of environmental conservation shall provide the task
force with such facilities, assistance and data as will enable the  task
force to carry out its powers and duties.  Additionally, all other agen-
cies  of  the  state  or subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the
chairperson, provide the task force with  such  facilities,  assistance,
and  data  as  will  enable  the  task force to carry out its powers and
duties.
  9. The purpose of the New York state ocean  acidification  task  force
shall be to identify the causes and factors contributing to ocean acidi-
fication  and  evaluating ways of addressing the problem by applying the
best available science as to ocean  acidification  and  its  anticipated
impacts.
  10.  No later than December 31, 2018, the task force shall transmit to
the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the  speaker  of
the assembly a report containing the following:
  (a) an assessment of the anticipated impacts related to ocean acidifi-
cation;
  (b)  recommendations related to mechanisms New York could establish to
provide stronger, more protective standards, and the implementation  and
enforcement of such standards in the context of ocean acidification;
  (c)  recommendations regarding adaptive measures which may be taken to
respond to ocean acidification, including measures to:
  (i) identify and monitor  early  effects  of  ocean  acidification  on
marine life, animals, plants and natural communities; and
  (ii)  integrate  ocean acidification mitigation and adaptation strate-
gies into state environmental plans;
  (d) recommendations on state and  local  regulatory  and/or  statutory
alterations to respond to the impacts of ocean acidification;
  (e) review existing scientific literature and data on ocean acidifica-
tion  and  how it has directly or indirectly affected or may potentially
affect commercially harvested and grown species along the coast;
  (f) identify and monitor the factors contributing to ocean  acidifica-
tion; and
  (g)  recommendations  to increase public awareness of ocean acidifica-
tion.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed repealed January 1, 2019.

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S7908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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