Relates to illegal dumping local enforcement grants; authorizes the commissioner to contract to make a state grant to local police agencies in conjunction with any municipal agency having authority over local sanitation or waste management for up to ninety percent of the costs to mitigate illegal dumping, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each recipient in a fiscal year.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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156
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO, CRESPO, ORTIZ, MONTESANO -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, DAVILA, SIMON -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to ille-
gal dumping local enforcement grants
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 27-0111 to read as follows:
3 § 27-0111. Illegal dumping local enforcement grants.
4 1. The commissioner is authorized to contract to make a state grant,
5 within the limit of appropriation therefor, to local police agencies in
6 conjunction with any municipal agency having authority over local sani-
7 tization or waste management for up to ninety percent of the costs to
8 mitigate illegal dumping, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for
9 each recipient in a fiscal year.
10 2. Eligible costs may include, but shall not be limited to:
11 (a) The purchase and installation of surveillance cameras trained on
12 known illegal dumping sites;
13 (b) Personal and non-personal service costs associated with conducting
14 sting operations at known illegal dumping sites; and
15 (c) Illegal dumping location surveys, mapping and other investigatory
16 data collection.
17 3. The commissioner, in cooperation with the division of state police,
18 shall provide technical expertise to grant awardees to implement stand-
19 ards of evidence and prosecution, develop strategies to combat illegal
20 dumping using surveillance cameras and sting operations, and develop
21 guidelines to protect personal privacy while carrying out activities
22 funded through local illegal dumping enforcement grants.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. Where surveillance cameras are installed, local police agencies or
2 municipal agencies receiving grant funding shall notify, in writing, all
3 residents within a one-quarter mile area of such installation and
4 surveillance camera use.
5 5. Grant recipients shall report to the commissioner on the outcomes
6 of cases involving grant funded surveillance and cessation of illegal
7 dumping operations within forty-five days of closure.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
