STATE OF NEW YORK
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2629
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 19, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, CLARK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to land use
review procedures
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1730 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding two new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
3 4. The authority shall conduct a Phase 1 documentary review pursuant
4 to the American Society of Testing and Materials - E1527 and, if
5 warranted, a Phase 2 field investigation pursuant to American Society of
6 Testing and Materials - E1903, prior to entering into a new lease for an
7 educational facility.
8 5. If after a Phase 2 investigation a remedial work plan is required,
9 such plan shall be made available for public comment and review for a
10 period of not more than sixty days. The public comment period shall
11 include at least one public hearing that shall take place no sooner than
12 thirty days and no later than forty-five days from the commencement of
13 the public comment period and shall be conducted by the New York city
14 department of education in conjunction with the community education
15 council of the district in which the facility will be located. The
16 public comment period shall commence one day after the detailed remedial
17 work plans are made available to the community education council.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06242-01-1
