Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A5181

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to water withdrawal reporting and FOIL protection

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2017-A5181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §151-h, Ag & Mkts L; amd §15-1504, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9009
2015-2016: A1766

2017-A5181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to water withdrawal reporting and FOIL protection.

2017-A5181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5181
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law  and  the  environmental
   conservation  law,  in relation to water withdrawal reporting and FOIL
   protection
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 151-h of the agriculture and markets law, as added
 by chapter 136 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 151-h. Report. The department, in conjunction with  the  state  soil
 and water conservation committee, shall report annually to the governor,
 the  legislature  and  participating agencies on the progress of the AEM
 program, including an assessment of program effectiveness  in  achieving
 state  water  quality  objectives,  public  and  private program partic-
 ipation, and such other information as the department and the  committee
 deem  appropriate.  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE, AFTER CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE NUMBER OF  ANNUAL
 REGISTRATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER WITHDRAWALS EXCEEDING AN AVERAGE OF
 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS PER DAY IN ANY CONSECUTIVE THIRTY
 DAY  PERIOD  AS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN  SECTION 15-1504 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW.
   § 2. Section 15-1504 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. DISCLOSURE.
   A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  INFORMATION
 COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE  OF THIS SECTION OR SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THE  FREE-
 DOM  OF  INFORMATION  LAW PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS
 LAW.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08804-01-7

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.