Bill Text: NY A00156 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to illegal dumping local enforcement grants; authorizes the commissioner to contract to make a state grant to local police agencies in conjunction with any municipal agency having authority over local sanitation or waste management for up to ninety percent of the costs to mitigate illegal dumping, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each recipient in a fiscal year.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A00156 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00156-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           156
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. D'URSO, CRESPO, ORTIZ, MONTESANO -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, DAVILA, SIMON -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to ille-
          gal dumping local enforcement grants
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
     3  § 27-0111. Illegal dumping local enforcement grants.
     4    1.  The  commissioner is authorized to contract to make a state grant,
     5  within the limit of appropriation therefor, to local police agencies  in
     6  conjunction  with any municipal agency having authority over local sani-
     7  tization or waste management for up to ninety percent of  the  costs  to
     8  mitigate illegal dumping, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for
     9  each recipient in a fiscal year.
    10    2. Eligible costs may include, but shall not be limited to:
    11    (a)  The  purchase and installation of surveillance cameras trained on
    12  known illegal dumping sites;
    13    (b) Personal and non-personal service costs associated with conducting
    14  sting operations at known illegal dumping sites; and
    15    (c) Illegal dumping location surveys, mapping and other  investigatory
    16  data collection.
    17    3. The commissioner, in cooperation with the division of state police,
    18  shall  provide technical expertise to grant awardees to implement stand-
    19  ards of evidence and prosecution, develop strategies to  combat  illegal
    20  dumping  using  surveillance  cameras  and sting operations, and develop
    21  guidelines to protect personal privacy  while  carrying  out  activities
    22  funded through local illegal dumping enforcement grants.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00695-01-9
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     1    4.  Where surveillance cameras are installed, local police agencies or
     2  municipal agencies receiving grant funding shall notify, in writing, all
     3  residents within a  one-quarter  mile  area  of  such  installation  and
     4  surveillance camera use.
     5    5.  Grant  recipients shall report to the commissioner on the outcomes
     6  of cases involving grant funded surveillance and  cessation  of  illegal
     7  dumping operations within forty-five days of closure.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.