Bill Text: NY A00026 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that inspection reports on dam safety conform to existing public disclosure laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to environmental conservation [A00026 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A00026-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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26
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
inspection reports on dam safety
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 15-0516 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by chapter 17 of the laws of 2006, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 1. Within thirty days of the creation by the department of any
5 inspection report of any intermediate or high hazard dam, the department
6 shall provide, to the chief executive officer of a municipality in which
7 the dam is located, a copy of such report. Such report shall also be
8 furnished to the chief executive officer of any other municipality in
9 the county where the dam is located, or any county adjoining such county
10 upon written request of the chief executive officer of such munici-
11 pality. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY INSPECTION REPORT ISSUED SHALL BE
12 VETTED TO CONFORM TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE LAWS, AS PROVIDED IN
13 ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
15 have been in full force and effect on and after March 28, 2006.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01047-01-1
