Senate Bill S8663

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 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-S8663 - Details

Law Section:
Transportation

2019-S8663 - Summary

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

2019-S8663 - Sponsor Memo

2019-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
              

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2019-S8663A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Transportation

2019-S8663A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S8663A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-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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