Assembly Actions -
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May 12, 2016 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S7736
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S7736 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7736 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enhancing the state's flood mitigation and coastal resiliency activities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this legislation is to provide additional options for climate change programs funded by the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill would amend Title 15 of Article 54 of the Environmental Conservation Law to allow funding from the EPF to be used for land acquisition, and to establish procedures for the alienation of such lands. JUSTIFICATION : Climate change will increase extreme weather events and risk of coastal and inland funding. The 2016-17 State budget authorized, for the first time, funding from the EPF to be used for climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, including flood mitigation and coastal resiliency activities. However, the funding authorization did
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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