New York A 7074: Relates to repeat violators who endanger the public health, safety or the environment

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A07074 Summary:

BILL NOA07074 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPretlow

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Amd §§71-2711 - 71-2715 & 71-2717, En Con L

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Relates to repeat violators who endanger the public health, safety or the environment; increases penalties for such violators.

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BILL NOA07074 

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03/20/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7074

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 repeat violators

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 71-2711 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 amended by chapter 26 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 71-2711. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the
 5 fourth degree.
 6 A person is guilty of endangering public health, safety or the envi-
 7 ronment in the fourth degree when:
 8 1. With criminal negligence, [he] such person engages in conduct which
 9 causes the release of a substance acutely hazardous to public health,
 10 safety or the environment; or
 11 2. With criminal negligence, [he] such person engages in conduct which
 12 causes the release of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand
 13 pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a
 14 substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or
 15 3. [He] Such person knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which
 16 causes the release of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or
 17 the environment; or
 18 4. Such person commits the crime of endangering the public health,
 19 safety or the environment in the fifth degree as defined in section
 20 71-2710 of this title and has been previously convicted of any crime
 21 defined in section 71-2710, 71-2712, 71-2713 or 71-2714 of this title
 22 within the preceding ten years.
 23 Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth
 24 degree is a class A misdemeanor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10543-01-5

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 1 § 2. Section 71-2712 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 2 by chapter 26 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter
 3 332 of the laws of 2020, and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 29 of
 4 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 71-2712. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the
 6 third degree.
 7 A person is guilty of endangering public health, safety or the envi-
 8 ronment in the third degree when:
 9 1. [He] Such person recklessly engages in conduct which causes the
 10 release of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the
 11 environment; or
 12 2. [He] Such person recklessly engages in conduct which causes the
 13 release of more than two hundred gallons or two thousand pounds, which-
 14 ever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance hazardous
 15 to public health, safety or the environment; or
 16 3. [He] Such person recklessly engages in conduct which causes the
 17 release of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds, which-
 18 ever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance hazardous
 19 to public health, safety or the environment and such release creates a
 20 substantial risk of physical injury to any person who is not a partic-
 21 ipant in the crime; or
 22 4. [He or she] Such person knowingly engages in conduct which causes
 23 the release of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds,
 24 whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance
 25 hazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or
 26 5. With intent to dispose of construction and demolition debris, [he
 27 or she] such pers