Assembly Bill A8795

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to illegal dumping local enforcement grants

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  • 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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2017-A8795 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6316
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-0111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A156, S1636

2017-A8795 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2017-A8795 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8795
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred 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:

   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
 § 27-0111. ILLEGAL DUMPING LOCAL ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.
   1.  THE  COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO CONTRACT TO MAKE A STATE GRANT,
 WITHIN THE LIMIT OF APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, TO LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH ANY MUNICIPAL AGENCY HAVING AUTHORITY OVER LOCAL SANI-
 TIZATION 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.
   2. ELIGIBLE COSTS MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  THE  PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TRAINED ON
 KNOWN ILLEGAL DUMPING SITES;
   (B) PERSONAL AND NON-PERSONAL SERVICE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONDUCTING
 STING OPERATIONS AT KNOWN ILLEGAL DUMPING SITES; AND
   (C) ILLEGAL DUMPING LOCATION SURVEYS, MAPPING AND OTHER  INVESTIGATORY
 DATA COLLECTION.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE,
 SHALL  PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO GRANT AWARDEES TO IMPLEMENT STAND-
 ARDS OF EVIDENCE AND PROSECUTION, DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO  COMBAT  ILLEGAL
 DUMPING  USING  SURVEILLANCE  CAMERAS  AND STING OPERATIONS, AND DEVELOP
 GUIDELINES TO PROTECT PERSONAL PRIVACY  WHILE  CARRYING  OUT  ACTIVITIES
 FUNDED THROUGH LOCAL ILLEGAL DUMPING ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.
   4.  WHERE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED, LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES OR
 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.
                                                            LBD11541-01-7

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