Senate Bill S8491

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the flood mitigation council act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8491 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4503
2015-2016: S4940
2019-2020: S2682
2021-2022: S6075

2017-S8491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the flood mitigation and prevention task force to evaluate ways of protecting communities and residents of the state from flooding.

2017-S8491 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8491
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT relating to establishing the flood mitigation and prevention task
   force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1. There is hereby established in the department of envi-
 ronmental conservation a flood  mitigation  and  prevention  task  force
 ("task  force")  to  consist of eleven members who shall be appointed as
 follows:
   (a) the commissioner of  environmental  conservation  or  his  or  her
 designee;
   (b) the commissioner of general services or his or her designee;
   (c) the commissioner of the department of transportation or his or her
 designee;
   (d)  the  director  of the state emergency management office or his or
 her designee;
   (e) the commissioner of the New York state division of homeland  secu-
 rity and emergency services or his or her designee;
   (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)  two  members  to  be  appointed by the temporary president of the
 senate;
   2. The at-large  members  should  include  individuals  who  represent
 flood-prone municipalities and counties.
   3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 but  shall  be reimbursed for actual, 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 at the call of the chairperson.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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