Senate Bill S7392

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the use of ballast water to increase a wake within six hundred feet from shore on lakes within the state

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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-S7392 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §45, Nav L

2017-S7392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the use of ballast water to increase a wake within six hundred feet from shore on lakes within the state.

2017-S7392 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7392
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to prohibiting  the  use
   of  ballast  water to increase a wake within six hundred feet from the
   shore of lakes located in the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 45 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
   1-B.  NO  OPERATOR  OF A VESSEL ON ANY LAKE LOCATED IN THE STATE SHALL
 USE BALLAST WATER ON SUCH LAKE FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  INCREASING  A  WAKE
 WITHIN SIX HUNDRED FEET OF THE SHORE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13359-02-8

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