Bill Text: NY S01636 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01636-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1636
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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.
    23    4. Where surveillance cameras are installed, local police agencies  or
    24  municipal agencies receiving grant funding shall notify, in writing, all
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  residents  within  a  one-quarter  mile  area  of  such installation and
     2  surveillance camera use.
     3    5.  Grant  recipients shall report to the commissioner on the outcomes
     4  of cases involving grant funded surveillance and  cessation  of  illegal
     5  dumping operations within forty-five days of closure.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.