Bill Text: NY S02722 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor and any such subsequent violation shall be a class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02722 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02722-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2722
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, PARKER -- 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
          notification of the release of hazardous substances
          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 71-3705 to read as follows:
     3  § 71-3705. Failure to report release of hazardous substances.
     4    Any person who violates any of the provisions  of,  or  who  fails  to
     5  perform  any  duty  imposed  by section 37-0107 of this chapter, and who
     6  fails to notify the department of a release of a reportable quantity  of
     7  a  hazardous  substance that is hazardous or acutely hazardous to public
     8  health, safety or the environment shall be guilty of failure  to  report
     9  release of a hazardous substance. Failure to report release of a hazard-
    10  ous substance shall be a class A misdemeanor; provided, however, that if
    11  a  defendant  has  previously  been  convicted  of  a  violation of this
    12  section, such subsequent violation shall be a class E felony.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02578-01-9