Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Mar 05, 2019 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A6313
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURKE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2019-A6313 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A6313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6313 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to creating a Lake Erie bill of rights THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 17 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 23 to read as follows: TITLE 23 LAKE ERIE BILL OF RIGHTS SECTION 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 17-2303. VIOLATIONS. § 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. 1. RIGHTS OF LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM. LAKE ERIE, AND THE LAKE ERIE WATERSHED, SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO EXIST, FLOURISH, AND NATURALLY EVOLVE. THE LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL NATURAL WATER FEATURES, COMMUNITIES OF ORGANISMS, SOIL AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SUB ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF LAKE ERIE AND ITS WATERSHED. 2. RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM. 3. RIGHTS AS SELF-EXECUTING. ALL RIGHTS SECURED BY THIS TITLE SHALL BE INHERENT, FUNDAMENTAL, AND UNALIENABLE, AND SHALL BE SELF-EXECUTING AND ENFORCEABLE AGAINST BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS. § 17-2303. VIOLATIONS. 1. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS RECOG- NIZED AND SECURED BY THIS TITLE. 2. NO PERMIT, LICENSE, PRIVILEGE, CHARTER, OR OTHER AUTHORIZATION ISSUED TO A PERSON BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10267-01-9
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