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A08686 Summary:

A08686 Actions:

A08686 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:06/07/2018AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Englebright
Aye
Stec
Aye
Glick
Aye
Butler
Excused
Colton
Aye
Raia
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
O'Donnell
Excused
Miller B 
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Walter
Aye
Jaffee
Excused
Titone
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Barrett
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Pellegrino
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/11/2018AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Walter
Aye
Perry
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Colton
Aye
Curran
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Absent
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/13/2018AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye

A08686 Floor Votes:

A08686 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8686--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                   September 25, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL, DICKENS, VANEL, WEPRIN, WILLIAMS, CRES-
          PO  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  establish a commission to be known as the "New York seawall
          study commission"; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. New York seawall study commission.  1.    There  is  hereby
     2  established,  within  the  department  of  environmental conservation, a
     3  seawall study  commission  ("commission")  which  shall  consist  of  14
     4  members who shall be appointed as follows:
     5    (a)  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  or his or her
     6  designee;
     7    (b) the secretary of state or his or her designee;
     8    (c) two members appointed by the governor;
     9    (d) two members to be appointed by  the  temporary  president  of  the
    10  senate;
    11    (e) two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    12    (f) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
    13    (g) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
    14    (h) two members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York;
    15    (i)  one  member to be appointed by the county executive of the county
    16  of Nassau; and
    17    (j) one member to be appointed by the county executive of  the  county
    18  of Suffolk.
    19    2.  The  at large members should include individuals with expertise in
    20  one or more of the following  areas:  climatology;  hydrology;  environ-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13492-02-8
        A. 8686--A                          2
 
     1  mental;  aquaculture;  oceanography  or coastal ocean science; and engi-
     2  neering.
     3    3. Commission members shall receive no compensation for their services
     4  but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
     5  the performance of their duties.
     6    4. The chairperson of the commission  shall  be  the  commissioner  of
     7  environmental  conservation or his or her designee. The commission shall
     8  meet no less than four times and at other  times  at  the  call  of  the
     9  chairperson.
    10    5.  Any  vacancies  on  the  commission  shall be filled in the manner
    11  provided for in the initial appointment.
    12    6. The commission shall be authorized  to  hold  public  hearings  and
    13  meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
    14    7.  The  commission  may  consult  with  any organization, educational
    15  institution, other government entity or agency or person including,  but
    16  not  limited  to, the army corps of engineers, in the development of its
    17  report required by subdivision 10 of this section.
    18    8. The department of  environmental  conservation  shall  provide  the
    19  commission  with such facilities, assistance and data as will enable the
    20  commission to carry out its powers and duties.  Additionally, all  other
    21  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the
    22  chairperson,  provide  the  commission with such facilities, assistance,
    23  and data as will enable the commission  to  carry  out  its  powers  and
    24  duties.
    25    9.  The  purpose  of the New York seawall study commission shall be to
    26  identify  the  feasibility,  costs,  impacts,  and  best  locations  for
    27  construction  of  a  seawall or sea gate to protect the city of New York
    28  from sea level rise and storm surge along the entire coastline.
    29    10. No later than December 31, 2020, the commission shall transmit  to
    30  the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
    31  the assembly a report containing the following:
    32    (a) coastal areas at greatest  risk  from  sea  level  rise  based  on
    33  projections  established pursuant to section 3-0319 of the environmental
    34  conservation law;
    35    (b) areas at risk from storm surge based on current sea levels;
    36    (c) areas that are more likely to be  at  risk  from  coastal  hazards
    37  including rising groundwater levels, saltwater intrusion, coastal flood-
    38  ing,  and  extreme  weather  events  including coastal storms, with such
    39  projections extending through year 2100;
    40    (d) the locations for construction of a seawall or sea gate;
    41    (e) the costs of such construction of a seawall or sea gate; and
    42    (f) recommendations on state and  local  regulatory  and/or  statutory
    43  alterations.
    44    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    45  deemed repealed January 1, 2021.