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A06544 Summary:

BILL NO	A06544
SAME AS	SAME AS S03791
SPONSOR	Hoyt
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S17-0810, En Con L
Requires the modification of the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual by the department of environmental conservation; requires signage; defines reasonable slope to limit the immediate drop off to the deeper end; requires aquatic vegetation to be established in the aquatic and safety benches; examines the status of safety features by the maintenance authority; includes any other provisions essential to further promote safety in and around stormwater retention ponds.

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A06544 Actions:

BILL NO	A06544
03/21/2011	referred to environmental conservation
06/02/2011	reported referred to rules
06/14/2011	reported
06/14/2011	rules report cal.221
06/14/2011	ordered to third reading rules cal.221
06/15/2011	substituted by s3791
	S03791 AMEND= GRISANTI
	03/04/2011	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
	03/22/2011	1ST REPORT CAL.243
	03/23/2011	2ND REPORT CAL.
	03/24/2011	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
	06/01/2011	PASSED SENATE
	06/01/2011	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
	06/01/2011	referred to economic development
	06/15/2011	substituted for a6544
	06/15/2011	ordered to third reading rules cal.221
	06/15/2011	passed assembly
	06/15/2011	returned to senate
	09/12/2011	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
	09/23/2011	SIGNED CHAP.557

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A06544 Floor Votes:

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A06544 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6544
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 21, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          requiring  modification  of  the  New York State Stormwater Management
          Design Manual by the department of environmental conservation
 

          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 17-0810 to read as follows:
     3  § 17-0810. Stormwater management design manual modification.
     4    On or before one year following the effective date  of  this  section,
     5  the  department  shall  modify  the New York State Stormwater Management
     6  Design Manual to include the following provisions:
     7    1. Require signage prohibiting swimming and wading, warning of  possi-
     8  ble  contamination  or pollution of the stormwater retention pond, and a
     9  description with the depth of the stormwater retention pond;
    10    2. Define a reasonable slope past the aquatic bench to limit the imme-

    11  diate drop off to the deeper end of the stormwater retention pond;
    12    3. Require aquatic vegetation be established in the aquatic and safety
    13  benches before the stormwater retention pond is rendered in-service;
    14    4. Ensure maintenance plans include a requirement  for  examining  the
    15  status  of safety features by the maintenance authority in their routine
    16  maintenance schedule of stormwater retention ponds; and
    17    5. Any other provisions the  department  deems  essential  to  further
    18  promote safety in and around stormwater retention ponds.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08922-03-1

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