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Assembly Bill A8073

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Finger Lakes watershed stewardship act"

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2023-A8073 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7627
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1100, Pub Health L

2023-A8073 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Finger Lakes watershed stewardship act"; designates the department of health as the lead agency in governing watersheds of the eleven Finger Lakes that serve as a source of drinking water for surrounding communities; authorizes other state agencies to promulgate rules and regulations governing watersheds of the Finger Lakes that are not inconsistent with department of health rules and regulations.

2023-A8073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8073
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to designating the
   department of health as the lead agency in governing watersheds of the
   eleven Finger Lakes that serve as  a  source  of  drinking  water  for
   surrounding communities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   top Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited
 as the "Finger Lakes watershed stewardship act".
   §  2.  Legislative  intent.  It  is  the  intent of the legislature to
 protect and preserve the Finger  Lakes  region's  natural  heritage  and
 clean, cool waters for generations to come. The Finger Lakes is a unique
 area  of  our  state,  made up of 11 lakes and many communities that are
 home to its local tourism, wine, agricultural,  and  educational  insti-
 tutions.  These glacially carved lakes are especially sensitive to envi-
 ronmental pressures.  As  a  thriving  agriculture-tourism  region,  the
 Finger  Lakes  are  a  major  economic  engine for the state, generating
 millions of dollars every year in tax revenue  and  creating  more  than
 25,000  jobs annually.  Home to more than 1.2 million people, nearly 21%
 of the state's agricultural land, and holding upwards  of  4.2  trillion
 gallons of fresh water that serve more than 2 million residents stretch-
 ing  from  Rochester  to Syracuse, it is vital that we keep these waters
 clean and pristine long into the future.
   § 3. Section 1100 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO
 GOVERN ALL WATERSHEDS OF THE ELEVEN FINGER LAKES THAT SERVE AS A  SOURCE
 OF  DRINKING WATER FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ACT
 AS LEAD AGENCY IN THE DEVELOPMENT, APPROVAL, IMPLEMENTATION, AND  UPDAT-
 ING OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND SHALL CONSULT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11885-01-3

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