Senate Bill S7971A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the climate and community protection 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-S7971 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8270
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 75 §§75-0101 - 75-0115, amd §54-1523, En Con L; add §66-p, Pub Serv L; amd §§1005 & 1020-s, ren §§1020-jj, 1020-kk & 1020-ll to be §§1020-kk, 1020-ll & 1020-mm, add §1020-jj, Pub Auth L; add Art 8-B §228, Lab L; add §§17-a & 17-b, Chap 355 of 2014
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10342
2019-2020: S2992, A3876

2017-S7971 - Summary

Enacts the New York state climate and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection.

2017-S7971 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7971 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7971
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN, BAILEY, BRESLIN, BROOKS, GIANARIS, KAMIN-
   SKY, KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, KRUEGER,  PARKER,  SANDERS,  SERRANO  --  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, the  public  service
   law,  the public authorities law, the labor law and the community risk
   and resiliency act, in relation to establishing the climate and commu-
   nity protection act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
 by  enacts  the  "climate  and  community  protection act" and finds and
 declares that:
   1. Climate change is adversely affecting economic  well-being,  public
 health,  natural resources, and the environment of New York. The adverse
 impacts of climate change include:
   a. an increase in  the  severity  and  frequency  of  extreme  weather
 events, such as storms, flooding, and heat waves, which can cause direct
 injury  or  death, property damage, and ecological damage (e.g., through
 the release of hazardous substances into the environment);
   b. rising sea levels, which exacerbate damage from  storm  surges  and
 flooding,  contribute  to  coastal  erosion and saltwater intrusion, and
 inundate low-lying areas, leading to the displacement of  or  damage  to
 coastal habitat, property, and infrastructure;
   c. a decline in freshwater and saltwater fish populations;
   d.  increased  average temperatures, which increase the demand for air
 conditioning and refrigeration among residents and businesses;
   e. exacerbation of air pollution; and
   f. an increase  in  the  incidences  of  infectious  diseases,  asthma
 attacks,  heart  attacks,  and  other  negative  health  outcomes. These
 impacts are having a detrimental effect on some of  New  York's  largest
 industries,  including agriculture, commercial shipping, forestry, tour-
 ism, and recreational and commercial fishing. These impacts  also  place
 additional  strain on the physical infrastructure that delivers critical
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S7971A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8270
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 75 §§75-0101 - 75-0115, amd §54-1523, En Con L; add §66-p, Pub Serv L; amd §§1005 & 1020-s, ren §§1020-jj, 1020-kk & 1020-ll to be §§1020-kk, 1020-ll & 1020-mm, add §1020-jj, Pub Auth L; add Art 8-B §228, Lab L; add §§17-a & 17-b, Chap 355 of 2014
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10342
2019-2020: S2992, A3876

2017-S7971A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York state climate and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection.

2017-S7971A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7971A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7971--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BAILEY, BRESLIN, BROOKS,
   COMRIE, GIANARIS,  HAMILTON,  KAMINSKY,  KAVANAGH,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,
   PARKER,  SANDERS,  SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, the public service
   law, the public authorities law, the labor law and the community  risk
   and  resiliency  act,  in  relation to establishing the New York state
   climate and community protection act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
 by  enacts the "New York state climate and community protection act" and
 finds and declares that:
   1. Climate change is adversely affecting economic  well-being,  public
 health,  natural resources, and the environment of New York. The adverse
 impacts of climate change include:
   a. an increase in  the  severity  and  frequency  of  extreme  weather
 events, such as storms, flooding, and heat waves, which can cause direct
 injury  or  death, property damage, and ecological damage (e.g., through
 the release of hazardous substances into the environment);
   b. rising sea levels, which exacerbate damage from  storm  surges  and
 flooding,  contribute  to  coastal  erosion and saltwater intrusion, and
 inundate low-lying areas, leading to the displacement of  or  damage  to
 coastal habitat, property, and infrastructure;
   c. a decline in freshwater and saltwater fish populations;
   d.  increased  average temperatures, which increase the demand for air
 conditioning and refrigeration among residents and businesses;
   e. exacerbation of air pollution; and
   f. an increase  in  the  incidences  of  infectious  diseases,  asthma
 attacks,  heart  attacks,  and  other  negative  health  outcomes. These
 impacts are having a detrimental effect on some of  New  York's  largest
 industries,  including agriculture, commercial shipping, forestry, tour-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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