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S04618 Summary:

BILL NO	S04618
SAME AS	SAME AS A03279
SPONSOR	AVELLA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S8-0119, En Con L
Prevents individuals from being denied standing in private actions alleging violations of the environmental quality review provisions of the environmental conservation law solely on the basis that the injury alleged by such individual does not differ in kind or degree from the injury that would be suffered by the public at large.

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S04618 Actions:

BILL NO	S04618
04/13/2011	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
01/04/2012	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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S04618 Floor Votes:

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S04618 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4618
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 13, 2011
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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
          enacting the environmental access to justice act
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "environ-
     2  mental access to justice act".
     3    §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
     4  section 8-0119 to read as follows:
     5  § 8-0119. Standing.
     6    If a person institutes a proceeding under article seventy-eight of the
     7  civil practice law and rules alleging violations of this  article,  such
     8  person shall not be denied standing solely on the grounds that the inju-
     9  ry  alleged  by  such  person does not differ in kind or degree from the
    10  injury that would be suffered by the public at large.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02954-01-1

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