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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           293
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
          New York state canal flood mitigation task force
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6  of  section  73-0105  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  336  of the laws of 2008, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    6. To help ensure the task force's  receipt  of  a  comprehensive  and
     5  diverse array of views, a citizen advisory board to the task force shall
     6  be  established.  The  advisory  board  shall  consist of up to thirteen
     7  members appointed by the governor for two years, [seven members shall be
     8  appointed following the recommendation of the governor;]  including  two
     9  members  [shall  be  appointed  following]  on the recommendation of the

    10  temporary president of the  senate;  two  members  [shall  be  appointed
    11  following]  on  the  recommendation  of the speaker of the assembly; one
    12  member [shall be appointed  following]  on  the  recommendation  of  the
    13  minority  leader  of  the  senate;  and  one  member [shall be appointed
    14  following] on the recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly.
    15  The advisory board shall represent a diverse array of interests, includ-
    16  ing property owners residing adjacent to or in close  proximity  to  the
    17  canal system or major water bodies within the Oswego river basin, recre-
    18  ational  and  commercial users of the canal system, environmental groups
    19  and hydroelectric power generators that operate  facilities  within  the

    20  canal  system.  No  member  of  the  advisory  board may be concurrently
    21  employed by, or provide goods or  services  to,  any  agency  or  public
    22  corporation  which  is  represented  on the task force. The commissioner
    23  shall select a member of the advisory board to serve as chairperson.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01153-01-9
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     1    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
     2  have been in full force and effect on and after July 21, 2008; provided,
     3  however, the amendments to subdivision 6 of section 73-0105 of the envi-
     4  ronmental  conservation  law  made  by section one of this act shall not

     5  affect  the  repeal  of such section and shall be deemed repealed there-
     6  with.