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Assembly Bill A4520

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to establish the Lake DeForest Flood Control Pilot Program

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2023-A4520 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8271
2015-2016: A2037
2017-2018: A1254
2019-2020: A3453
2021-2022: A1907
2025-2026: A5082

2023-A4520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to establish the Lake Deforest Flood Control Pilot Program.

2023-A4520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4520
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to authorize the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to
   establish the Lake DeForest Flood Control Pilot 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.  The department of environmental conservation shall  estab-
 lish  the  Lake  DeForest  Flood  Control  Pilot Program to regulate the
 volume and releases of water from the Lake DeForest reservoir, which  is
 operated  by  a  privately  owned  waterworks  corporation as defined in
 section 2 of the public service law, to mitigate downstream flooding, to
 the maximum extent practicable while recognizing and ensuring the prima-
 ry purpose of the availability of sufficient quality drinking water. The
 department shall promulgate rules and regulations describing the circum-
 stances in which flood control  authority  may  be  used  including  the
 anticipation of a major weather event, large inflow of water into reser-
 voirs,  dam safety, seasonal precipitation schedules or any other condi-
 tion that may  reasonably  cause  unnecessary  flooding  to  surrounding
 areas.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2024 and shall expire and
 be deemed repealed December 31, 2034.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06865-01-3

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