Assembly Bill A5569

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits point source pollution in the Long Island Sound and Great South Bay

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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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2023-A5569 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-0513, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10321

2023-A5569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain types of pollution in the Long Island Sound and Great South Bay.

2023-A5569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5569
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting certain types of pollution in the Long  Island  Sound  and
   Great South Bay
 
   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 17-0513 to read as follows:
 § 17-0513. PROHIBITION AGAINST POINT SOURCE POLLUTION IN THE LONG ISLAND
              SOUND AND GREAT SOUTH BAY.
   THE  MAKING  OR  USE OF AN OUTLET OR POINT SOURCE DISCHARGING INTO THE
 WATERS OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND OR THE GREAT SOUTH BAY, AND  THE  OPERA-
 TION  OR  CONSTRUCTION  OF  DISPOSAL  SYSTEMS  WHICH DISCHARGE INTO SUCH
 WATERS ARE PROHIBITED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06540-01-3

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