Senate Bill S7736

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing the state's flood mitigation and coastal resiliency activities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S7736 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10187
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §54-1523, add §54-1525, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6595, A7263
2019-2020: A2524
2021-2022: A4245

2015-S7736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing the state's flood mitigation and coastal resiliency activities; establishes a restriction on alienation.

2015-S7736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7736

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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
  enhancing  the  state's flood mitigation and coastal resiliency activ-
  ities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 54-1523 of the environmental conservation law, as
added by section 5 of part U of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of  2016,  is
amended to read as follows:
S 54-1523. Climate adaptation and mitigation projects.
  1.  The  commissioner is authorized to provide on a competitive basis,
within amounts appropriated, state assistance payments to a municipality
toward the cost of any climate adaptation or mitigation  projects.  Such
projects shall include:
  a.  the  construction  of natural resiliency measures, conservation or
restoration of riparian areas and tidal marsh migration areas;
  b. nature-based solutions such as wetland protections to address phys-
ical climate risk due to sea level  rise,  and/or  storm  surges  and/or
flooding,  based  on  available data predicting the likelihood of future
extreme weather events, including hazard risk analysis data if  applica-
ble;
  c.  relocation  or  retrofit of facilities to address physical climate
risk due to sea level rise, and/or storm surges and/or flooding based on
available data predicting  the  likelihood  of  future  extreme  weather
events, including hazard risk analysis data if applicable;
  d. flood risk reduction;
  e. greenhouse gas emission reductions outside the power sector;
  f.  enabling  communities  to become certified under the climate smart
communities program, including by developing natural resources  invento-
ries, right sizing of municipal fleets and developing climate adaptation
strategies; [and]
  g.  climate change adaptation planning and supporting studies, includ-
ing but not limited to vulnerability assessment  and  risk  analysis  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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