Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 02, 2022 | print number 3604b |
Mar 02, 2022 | amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
Jan 05, 2022 | referred to environmental conservation |
Nov 19, 2021 | print number 3604a |
Nov 19, 2021 | amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
Jan 28, 2021 | referred to environmental conservation |
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A3604 - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3604 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to creating a Lake Erie bill of rights THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 17 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 23 to read as follows: TITLE 23 LAKE ERIE BILL OF RIGHTS SECTION 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 17-2303. VIOLATIONS. § 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 1. RIGHTS OF LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM. LAKE ERIE, AND THE LAKE ERIE WATERSHED, SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO EXIST, FLOURISH, AND NATURALLY EVOLVE. THE LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL NATURAL WATER FEATURES, COMMUNITIES OF ORGANISMS, SOIL AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SUB ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF LAKE ERIE AND ITS WATERSHED. 2. RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM. 3. RIGHTS AS SELF-EXECUTING. ALL RIGHTS SECURED BY THIS TITLE SHALL BE INHERENT, FUNDAMENTAL, AND UNALIENABLE, AND SHALL BE SELF-EXECUTING AND ENFORCEABLE AGAINST BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS. § 17-2303. VIOLATIONS. 1. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS RECOG- NIZED AND SECURED BY THIS TITLE. 2. NO PERMIT, LICENSE, PRIVILEGE, CHARTER, OR OTHER AUTHORIZATION ISSUED TO A PERSON BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07420-01-1
A3604A - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3604--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred 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, in relation to creating the Great Lakes bill of rights THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 17 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 23 to read as follows: TITLE 23 GREAT LAKES BILL OF RIGHTS SECTION 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 17-2303. VIOLATIONS. § 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 1. RIGHTS OF THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM. THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING CHAN- NELS, SHALL POSSESS THE UNALIENABLE AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO EXIST, PERSIST, FLOURISH, NATURALLY EVOLVE, REGENERATE AND BE RESTORED BY CULPABLE PARTIES, FREE FROM HUMAN VIOLATIONS OF THESE RIGHTS AND ENCUM- BERED BY LEGAL PRIVILEGES VESTED IN PROPERTY, INCLUDING CORPORATE PROP- ERTY. THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL NATURAL WATER FEATURES, COMMUNITIES OF ORGANISMS, SOIL AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SUB ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR WATERSHEDS AND CONNECTING CHANNELS. 2. RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO CLEAN AND HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM. 3. RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM TOXIC TRESPASS. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS WELL AS THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM, AND THE WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING CHANNELS, SHALL POSSESS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07420-04-1
Co-Sponsors
Jonathan Rivera
Monica P. Wallace
A3604B (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3604--B 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord- ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to creating the Great Lakes bill of rights THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 17 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 23 to read as follows: TITLE 23 GREAT LAKES BILL OF RIGHTS SECTION 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 17-2303. VIOLATIONS. § 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 1. RIGHTS OF THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM. THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING CHAN- NELS, SHALL POSSESS THE UNALIENABLE AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO EXIST, PERSIST, FLOURISH, NATURALLY EVOLVE, REGENERATE AND BE RESTORED BY CULPABLE PARTIES, FREE FROM HUMAN VIOLATIONS OF THESE RIGHTS AND UNEN- CUMBERED BY LEGAL PRIVILEGES VESTED IN PROPERTY, INCLUDING CORPORATE PROPERTY. THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL NATURAL WATER FEATURES, COMMUNITIES OF ORGANISMS, SOIL AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SUB ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR WATERSHEDS AND CONNECTING CHANNELS. 2. RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THE PEOPLE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING EACH ECOSYSTEM OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO CLEAN AND HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets