senate Bill S8663A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the Adirondack road salt reduction task force, pilot plan and test program

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

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 02, 2020 approval memo.25
signed chap.313
Nov 20, 2020 delivered to governor
Jul 22, 2020 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.942
substituted for s8663a
Jul 22, 2020 substituted by a8767a
ordered to third reading cal.942
Jul 21, 2020 reported and committed to rules
Jul 20, 2020 reported and committed to finance
Jul 16, 2020 committee discharged and committed to transportation
Jul 14, 2020 print number 8663a
Jul 14, 2020 amend (t) and recommit to rules
Jul 01, 2020 referred to rules

Votes

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Jul 22, 2020 - Rules committee Vote

S8663A
18
1
committee
18
Aye
1
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Jul 21, 2020 - Finance committee Vote

S8663A
22
1
committee
22
Aye
1
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Jul 20, 2020 - Transportation committee Vote

S8663A
14
0
committee
14
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Transportation Committee Vote: Jul 20, 2020

aye wr (1)

Co-Sponsors

S8663 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8767
Law Section:
Transportation

S8663 - Summary

Establishes the Adirondack road salt reduction task force, pilot plan and test program.

S8663 - Sponsor Memo

S8663 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8663

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              July 1, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, LITTLE, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to establish the Adirondack road salt reduction task force, pilot
  plan and test program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "Randy
Preston road salt reduction act".
  § 2. 1. There is hereby established an Adirondack road salt  reduction
task force which shall consist of the following fifteen members:
  (a) the commissioner of the department of transportation, commissioner
of department of environmental conservation, commissioner of the depart-
ment of health, or the designees of such commissioners;
  (b)  the  executive  director  of  the Adirondack park agency or their
designee;
  (c) four appointees by the governor;
  (d) one designee of the attorney general;
  (e) two at large appointees by the Senate majority;
  (f) two at large appointees by the Assembly majority;
  (g) one appointee by the Assembly minority;
  (h) one appointee by the Senate minority.
  2. The at large members of the task force  shall  include  individuals
with  expertise  in  the science of road salt contamination and the best
practices of road management.   Task  force  members  shall  receive  no
compensation  for  their services but shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties,  to  the
extent  funds  are appropriated for such purpose. The co-chairpersons of
the task force shall be the commissioners of environmental  conservation
and  transportation or their designees. Each member of the council shall
be entitled to one vote. The task force's approval and adoption  of  the
final  report  pursuant  to  this  section,  and  any subsequent interim
updates thereto, shall require a supermajority of  the  task  force.  No
action  may  be  taken by the task force unless there is a quorum, which
shall be a majority of the members of the task force. Any  vacancies  on

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Co-Sponsors

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S8663A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8767
Law Section:
Transportation

S8663A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Adirondack road salt reduction task force, pilot plan and test program.

S8663A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S8663A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8663--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              July 1, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, LITTLE, KAMINSKY, PERSAUD -- read twice and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Rules -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to establish the Adirondack road salt reduction task force, pilot
  plan and test program; 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. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "Randy
Preston road salt reduction act".
  §  2. 1. There is hereby established an Adirondack road salt reduction
task force, hereinafter referred to as the "task force",  to  conduct  a
comprehensive review of road salt contamination and road management best
practices  within  the Adirondack park. Such task force shall consist of
fourteen members which shall include the commissioner of  transportation
or  their  designee,  the  commissioner of environmental conservation or
their designee, the commissioner of health or their designee, the execu-
tive director of the Adirondack park agency or their designee,  and  ten
other  members  to be appointed by the governor as follows: two upon the
recommendation of the temporary president of the senate,  two  upon  the
recommendation  of the speaker of the assembly, one upon the recommenda-
tion of the minority leader of the senate, one upon  the  recommendation
of  the minority leader of the assembly, and four without recommendation
from any other person.
  2. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in
the  performance  of  their duties, to the extent funds are appropriated
for such purpose. The commissioner of environmental conservation and the
commissioner of transportation shall serve as joint chairs of  the  task
force.    A majority of the members of the task force shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of any  power  or
function  of  the task force.   Any vacancies on the task force shall be
filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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