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Mar 16, 2021 | reported and committed to finance |
Feb 02, 2021 | referred to environmental conservation |
senate Bill S4162
Sponsored By
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Brad Hoylman
(D, WF) 27th Senate District
Elijah Reichlin-Melnick
(D, WF) 38th Senate District
José M. Serrano
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
S4162 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6652
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §15-0501, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S5612, A8349
S4162 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4162 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the protection of certain streams PURPOSE: This act will reclassify class C waterways as streams for the purpose of protection. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds waterways classified as "C" to the definition of streams. JUSTIFICATION: Class "C" waterways, which are regularly used by people for boating,
S4162 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4162 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 the protection of certain streams THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 15-0501 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows: 2. For the purposes of this section, stream shall mean that portion of any fresh surface watercourse, except lakes or ponds having a surface area greater than ten acres at mean low water level, for which the department has adopted or may hereafter adopt pursuant to section 17-030l, any of the following classifications or standards: AA and AA (T), A and A (T), B and B (T), C AND C (T) Small ponds or lakes with a surface area at mean low water level of ten acres or less, located in the course of a stream, shall be consid- ered a part of the stream and subject to regulation under this section. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03868-01-1
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