Assembly Bill A8617

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the Mohawk River Basin management act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2025-A8617 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7970
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-0306-b, En Con L

2025-A8617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a Mohawk River Basin district and Mohawk River Basin management program for management of such district to conserve, protect and restore the environmental quality of the Mohawk River.

2025-A8617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8617
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   enacting the "Mohawk River Basin management act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Mohawk River Basin management act".
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 11-0306-b to read as follows:
 § 11-0306-B. MOHAWK RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
   1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED A MOHAWK RIVER BASIN DISTRICT WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE THE MOHAWK RIVER FROM ITS HEADWATERS IN  LEWIS  COUNTY  TO
 ITS  MOUTH AT THE HUDSON RIVER AT COHOES. THE DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE THE
 MOHAWK RIVER'S WATERSHED, INCLUDING ALL TRIBUTARIES AND LANDS THAT DRAIN
 TO THE MOHAWK RIVER, AND ANY ADJACENT AREAS ON WHICH  THE  INTEGRITY  OF
 THE  BASIN  DEPENDS,  INCLUDING  THE PORTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE BARGE
 CANAL THAT IS IN OR CONNECTED TO THE MOHAWK RIVER.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A  MOHAWK  RIVER  BASIN
 MANAGEMENT  PROGRAM  FOR  THE  MOHAWK  RIVER BASIN DISTRICT, IN ORDER TO
 CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY  OF  THE  MOHAWK
 RIVER, AND TO PROMOTE THE INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED MANAGEMENT OF ENVI-
 RONMENTAL  RESOURCES  IN ITS WATERSHED, WITH CONSIDERATION TO THE MOHAWK
 RIVER'S INFLUENCE ON THE HUDSON RIVER AND ESTUARY, AS WELL AS THE INFLU-
 ENCE OF THE NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL APPOINT  A  MOHAWK  RIVER  BASIN  MANAGEMENT
 ADVISORY  COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON REGULATORY, POLICY, AND OTHER
 MATTERS AFFECTING THE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION,  AND  USE  OF  THE  MOHAWK
 RIVER  BASIN DISTRICT AND TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MOHAWK RIVER
 BASIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF MEMBERS REPRES-
 ENTING INTERESTS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE MOHAWK RIVER  BASIN  DISTRICT,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13076-01-5
              

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