Senate Bill S1636

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to illegal dumping local enforcement grants

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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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2019-S1636 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A156
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-0111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S6316, A8795

2019-S1636 (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.

2019-S1636 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1636
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD00695-01-9

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