Provides that the department of environmental conservation shall deny or suspend any permit issued by the department if the applicant or the permittee or any of its directors, officers or senior management have been convicted of a criminal offense involving fraud, bribery, perjury, an offense against public administration as that term is used in article one hundred ninety-five of the penal law, or conspiracy to commit any such offense.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3575
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 1, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
denial or suspension of permits due to certain criminal offenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 70-0115 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. The department shall deny or suspend a permit if the applicant or
4 permittee or any of its directors, officers or senior management have
5 been convicted of a criminal offense involving fraud, bribery, perjury,
6 an offense against public administration as that term is used in article
7 one hundred ninety-five of the penal law, or conspiracy to commit any
8 such offense, and, after a hearing or an opportunity for the applicant
9 or permittee to be heard, the department makes a written determination
10 that such criminal offense is related to, involves, or arises from the
11 issuance of such permit, or any previous permit issued to the applicant
12 or the permittee; provided, however, that the department shall not be
13 required to deny or suspend such permit if the department determines
14 such permit to be in the public interest or for public health and safe-
15 ty.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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