Bill Text: NY S03001 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York state climate change task force; establishes the membership of the task force; establishes the powers and duties of the task force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - PRINT NUMBER 3001A [S03001 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03001-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3001--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2015
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        Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER, SQUADRON
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  -- recommitted to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule
          6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          establishing the New York state climate change task force
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Article 19 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 13
     4                  NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE
     5  Section 19-1301. Climate change task force.
     6          19-1303. Task force composition.
     7          19-1305. Powers and duties of the task force.
     8  § 19-1301. Climate change task force.
     9    1. The New York state climate change task force is hereby established.
    10  The  role  of  the  task  force  shall  include,  but not be limited to,
    11  conducting an in-depth examination of issues related to  global  climate
    12  change including:
    13    a.  assessing  the  potential  impacts of global climate change on the
    14  citizens, natural resources, and economy of  the  state.  Such  research
    15  shall include potential impacts on agriculture, transportation, property
    16  values, public health, insurance, and commercial and industrial sectors.
    17  Research  shall  also  include  potential  impacts  on  waters, forests,
    18  wetlands, and the availability of freshwater  resources  of  the  state.
    19  Potential impacts on infrastructure, including subways, bridges, low-ly-
    20  ing  roads, causeways, water and wastewater treatment plants, and docks,
    21  shall be included, as well as potential impacts on industries  including
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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