Senate Bill S2385

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group

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  • 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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2019-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1564
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 48 §§48-0101 - 48-0113, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6316, A8490
2011-2012: S1115, A947
2013-2014: S1629, A3569
2015-2016: S1525, A3063
2017-2018: S3110, A2234

2019-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies; empowers that advisory group to adopt a model environmental justice policy applicable to state agencies, and to monitor agencies on compliance with such policies; specifies responsibilities of state agencies

2019-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2385
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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
   establishing  a  permanent environmental justice advisory group and an
   environmental justice interagency coordinating council

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new article 48 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 48
                           ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
 SECTION 48-0101. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
         48-0103. DEFINITIONS.
         48-0105. PERMANENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP.
         48-0107. POWERS AND DUTIES.
         48-0109. AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.
         48-0111. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.
         48-0113. SEPARABILITY.
 § 48-0101. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
   1. IT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE THE  POLICY  OF  THIS  STATE  THAT  ALL
 PEOPLE,  REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR INCOME,
 HAVE A RIGHT TO FAIR TREATMENT AND MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT IN THE  DEVEL-
 OPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES
 THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
   2.  IT  SHALL  FURTHER  BE  THE  POLICY  OF THE STATE THAT NO GROUP OF
 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A RACIAL, ETHNIC OR  SOCIOECONOMIC  GROUP,  SHOULD  BE
 DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPOSED TO POLLUTION OR BEAR A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE
 OF  THE  NEGATIVE  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM INDUSTRIAL,
 MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, OR THE EXECUTION OF FEDERAL,  STATE,
 LOCAL OR TRIBAL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04712-01-9
              

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