STATE OF NEW YORK
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7545
IN SENATE
January 24, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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
creating a program to assist lake associations with water quality
improvement
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 15-0519 to read as follows:
3 § 15-0519. Water quality improvement; lake associations.
4 1. Subject to an appropriation for such purpose, the department shall,
5 in consultation with the environmental facilities corporation, create a
6 program to assist lake associations with water quality improvement. The
7 program shall, at the request of a lake association:
8 a. identify any water quality concerns at a water body managed by a
9 lake association;
10 b. determine the most effective way to remediate any water quality
11 concerns; and
12 c. assist with determining best practices to improve and maintain
13 water quality at lake associations.
14 2. The department shall establish a grant program to assist with reme-
15 dial actions to address the water quality at lake associations.
16 3. The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to
17 implement this section.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
20 ment, and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to implement
21 the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
22 directed to be completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14921-01-0
