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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Mar 02, 2022 |
print number 3604b |
| Mar 02, 2022 |
amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to environmental conservation |
| Nov 19, 2021 |
print number 3604a |
| Nov 19, 2021 |
amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
| Jan 28, 2021 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A3604B
2021-2022 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
Bill Amendments
2021-A3604 - Details
2021-A3604 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3604
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2021
___________
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.
LBD07420-01-1
2021-A3604A - Details
2021-A3604A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3604--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
creating the Great Lakes 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
GREAT LAKES BILL OF RIGHTS
SECTION 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
17-2303. VIOLATIONS.
§ 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
1. RIGHTS OF THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM. THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE
WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING CHAN-
NELS, SHALL POSSESS THE UNALIENABLE AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO EXIST,
PERSIST, FLOURISH, NATURALLY EVOLVE, REGENERATE AND BE RESTORED BY
CULPABLE PARTIES, FREE FROM HUMAN VIOLATIONS OF THESE RIGHTS AND ENCUM-
BERED BY LEGAL PRIVILEGES VESTED IN PROPERTY, INCLUDING CORPORATE PROP-
ERTY. THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL NATURAL WATER
FEATURES, COMMUNITIES OF ORGANISMS, SOIL AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL AND
AQUATIC SUB ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR
WATERSHEDS AND CONNECTING CHANNELS.
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 CLEAN AND HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND THE
GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM.
3. RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM TOXIC TRESPASS. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, AS WELL AS THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM, AND THE WATERSHEDS THAT
DRAIN INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING CHANNELS, SHALL POSSESS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07420-04-1
co-Sponsors
Jonathan Rivera
Monica P. Wallace
2021-A3604B (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A3604B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3604--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord-
ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
creating the Great Lakes 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
GREAT LAKES BILL OF RIGHTS
SECTION 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
17-2303. VIOLATIONS.
§ 17-2301. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
1. RIGHTS OF THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM. THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE
WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING CHAN-
NELS, SHALL POSSESS THE UNALIENABLE AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO EXIST,
PERSIST, FLOURISH, NATURALLY EVOLVE, REGENERATE AND BE RESTORED BY
CULPABLE PARTIES, FREE FROM HUMAN VIOLATIONS OF THESE RIGHTS AND UNEN-
CUMBERED BY LEGAL PRIVILEGES VESTED IN PROPERTY, INCLUDING CORPORATE
PROPERTY. THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL NATURAL WATER
FEATURES, COMMUNITIES OF ORGANISMS, SOIL AS WELL AS TERRESTRIAL AND
AQUATIC SUB ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR
WATERSHEDS AND CONNECTING CHANNELS.
2. RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THE PEOPLE AND THE
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING EACH ECOSYSTEM OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL POSSESS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH SHALL
INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO CLEAN AND HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND THE GREAT LAKES
ECOSYSTEM.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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