Senate Bill S4161

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor

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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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2017-S4161 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3222
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §71-3705, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3596, A5654
2011-2012: S521, A1719
2013-2014: S3425, A3866
2015-2016: S2555, A598
2019-2020: S2722, A1457
2021-2022: S1375
2023-2024: S2128

2017-S4161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2017-S4161 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4161
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, HAMILTON, HOYLMAN, PARKER, PERKINS
   -- 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:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 71-3705 to read as follows:
 § 71-3705. FAILURE TO REPORT RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
   ANY  PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES  ANY  OF THE PROVISIONS OF, OR WHO FAILS TO
 PERFORM ANY DUTY IMPOSED BY SECTION 37-0107 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  WHO
 FAILS  TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF A RELEASE OF A REPORTABLE QUANTITY OF
 A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE THAT IS HAZARDOUS OR ACUTELY HAZARDOUS  TO  PUBLIC
 HEALTH,  SAFETY  OR THE ENVIRONMENT SHALL BE GUILTY OF FAILURE TO REPORT
 RELEASE OF A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. FAILURE TO REPORT RELEASE OF A HAZARD-
 OUS SUBSTANCE SHALL BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF
 A DEFENDANT HAS  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN  CONVICTED  OF  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS
 SECTION, SUCH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION SHALL BE A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
 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.
                                                            LBD05439-01-7

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