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S01517 Summary:

BILL NOS01517
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORSERRANO
 
COSPNSRBAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §1-0305, En Con L
 
Authorizes the attorney general to commence a special proceeding in a court hearing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in the name of the people of the state.
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S01517 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1517
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO,  BAILEY,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- 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
          authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions of such law
          and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 1-0305 to read as follows:
     3  § 1-0305. Powers of the attorney general.
     4    Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter  to  the  contrary,  the
     5  attorney  general,  upon his or her own initiative, is hereby authorized
     6  to, in the name of the people of the state  of  New  York,  enforce  the
     7  provisions  of  this  chapter  and the rules and regulations promulgated
     8  pursuant thereto by commencing a special proceeding in  a  court  having
     9  jurisdiction.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04106-01-3
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