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Assembly Bill A124

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that inspection reports on dam safety conform to existing public disclosure laws

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2019-A124 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0516, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A715
2011-2012: A26
2013-2014: A1376
2015-2016: A1665
2017-2018: A133
2021-2022: A1884

2019-A124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that inspection reports on dam safety conform to existing public disclosure laws.

2019-A124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    124
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINANTI
   --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   inspection reports on dam safety

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  15-0516  of  the  environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter 17 of the laws of 2006, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  Within  thirty  days  of  the  creation  by  the department of any
 inspection report of any intermediate or high hazard dam, the department
 shall provide, to the chief executive officer of a municipality in which
 the dam is located, a copy of such report. Such  report  shall  also  be
 furnished  to  the  chief executive officer of any other municipality in
 the county where the dam is located, or any county adjoining such county
 upon written request of the chief  executive  officer  of  such  munici-
 pality.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT ANY INSPECTION REPORT ISSUED SHALL BE
 VETTED TO CONFORM TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE LAWS, AS PROVIDED IN
 ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after March 28, 2006.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01953-01-9

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