A03279 Summary:

BILL NOA03279
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04618
 
SPONSORSweeney (MS)
 
COSPNSRLancman, Paulin, Lifton, Castro, O'Donnell, Schimel, Colton, Rosenthal, Englebright, Gottfried, Abinanti
 
MLTSPNSRBrennan, Clark, Cook, Dinowitz, Glick, Hooper, Latimer, Maisel, Millman, Pheffer, Thiele, Weisenberg
 
Add S8-0119, En Con L
 
Prevents individuals from being denied standing in private actions alleging violations of the environmental quality review provisions of the environmental conservation law solely on the basis that the injury alleged by such individual does not differ in kind or degree from the injury that would be suffered by the public at large.
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A03279 Actions:

BILL NOA03279
 
01/24/2011referred to environmental conservation
01/04/2012referred to environmental conservation
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A03279 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03279 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3279
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 24, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SWEENEY,  LANCMAN,  PAULIN,  LIFTON, CASTRO,
          O'DONNELL,  SCHIMEL,  COLTON,  ROSENTHAL,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  GOTTFRIED  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK,
          HOOPER, LATIMER, MAISEL, MILLMAN, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          enacting the environmental access to justice act
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "environ-
     2  mental access to justice act".
     3    § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  section 8-0119 to read as follows:
     5  § 8-0119. Standing.
     6    If a person institutes a proceeding under article seventy-eight of the
     7  civil  practice  law and rules alleging violations of this article, such
     8  person shall not be denied standing solely on the grounds that the inju-
     9  ry alleged by such person does not differ in kind  or  degree  from  the

    10  injury that would be suffered by the public at large.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02954-01-1
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