Senate Bill S8877

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4001
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13 Title 9 §§13-0901 - 13-0905, amd §§13-0503 & 11-0323, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7693, A4755
2021-2022: S1965, A6294

2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris; defines terms; requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare and annually update a marine and coastal debris action plan.

2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8877
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  the
   prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 13 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 9
            MARINE AND COASTAL DEBRIS PREVENTION AND MITIGATION
 SECTION 13-0901. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
         13-0903. DEFINITIONS.
         13-0905. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
 § 13-0901. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
   IT IS DECLARED TO BE THE PUBLIC  POLICY  OF  THIS  STATE  TO  PROTECT,
 PRESERVE  AND  RESTORE  ITS MARINE AND COASTAL WATERS AND TO PREVENT AND
 MITIGATE THEIR DESPOLIATION BY MARINE AND COASTAL DEBRIS,  IN  ORDER  TO
 MAINTAIN  HEALTHY  COASTAL  AND  OCEAN  ECOSYSTEMS AND THE BENEFITS THEY
 PROVIDE TO COMMUNITIES.
 § 13-0903. DEFINITIONS.
   1. "MARINE AND COASTAL DEBRIS" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSISTENT SOLID MATERI-
 AL THAT IS MANUFACTURED OR PROCESSED, AND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INTEN-
 TIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, DISPOSED OF OR ABANDONED IN THE  WATERS  OF
 THE  MARINE AND COASTAL DISTRICT, INCLUDING DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN DUMPED,
 SWEPT, OR BLOWN OFF COMMERCIAL AND FISHING VESSELS, OR STATIONARY  PLAT-
 FORMS  AT  SEA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GHOST GEAR, AND DEBRIS THAT
 HAS BEEN GENERATED ON LAND AND BLOWN, SWEPT, OR WASHED OUT TO MARINE AND
 COASTAL WATERS.
   2. "GHOST GEAR" SHALL MEAN LOST OR ABANDONED FISHING  GEAR,  INCLUDING
 FISHING  NETS,  FISHING  LINES,  CRAB POTS, SHRIMP POTS, LOBSTER POTS OR
 TRAPS, FISH OR EEL POTS, AND OTHER COMMERCIAL AND  RECREATIONAL  FISHING
 EQUIPMENT, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE LOST OR ABANDONED VESSELS OR STRUCTURAL
 COMPONENTS THEREOF.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06980-01-3
              

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