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Senate Bill S7812

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Exempts manure deposited incidentally from noisome or unwholesome substances

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2017-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10071
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §71-3501, En Con L

2017-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts manure deposited incidentally from noisome or unwholesome substances.

2017-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7812
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   exempting  manure  deposited  incidentally from noisome or unwholesome
   substances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  71-3501 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended to read as follows:
 § 71-3501. Putting noisome  or  unwholesome  substances  or  maintaining
              noisome business on or near highway.
   A person, who deposits, leaves or keeps, on or near a highway or route
 of  public  travel,  either  on the land or on the water, any noisome or
 unwholesome substance, or establishes, maintains or carries on, upon  or
 near  a  public highway or route of public travel, either on the land or
 on the water, any business, trade or manufacture  which  is  noisome  or
 detrimental  to public health, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by
 a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not less
 than three nor more than six months, or both.  A  PERSON  SHALL  NOT  BE
 GUILTY  OF  A  MISDEMEANOR  UNDER THIS SECTION IF MANURE IS INCIDENTALLY
 DEPOSITED ON OR NEAR A HIGHWAY BY SUCH PERSON,  BY  LIVESTOCK  OWNED  BY
 SUCH  PERSON  OR BY AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT OWNED OR USED BY SUCH PERSON.
 MANURE SHALL BE DETERMINED TO BE DROPPED  INCIDENTALLY  IF,  DURING  THE
 COURSE  OF  TRANSPORTING  LIVESTOCK  OR  TENDING TO LIVESTOCK, MANURE IS
 UNKNOWINGLY DEPOSITED ON OR NEAR A HIGHWAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14312-03-8

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