New York S 4444: Authorizes the legislative commission on the development of rural resources to study the effectiveness of pond and lake management programs

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S04444 Summary:

BILL NOS04444 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02025

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SPONSORSTEC

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §83-i, Leg L; amd §§20, 21 & 912, Exec L; amd §9, Cons Dists L; add Art 17 Title 23 §§17-2301 - 17-2309,
En Con L; amd §225, Pub Health L; add §6004-a, Ed L; amd §1285, Pub Auth L

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Authorizes the legislative commission on the development of rural resources to study the effectiveness of pond and lake management programs; provides for the comprehensive control and mitigation of harmful algal blooms in both marine and fresh water; provides for emergency response to water contaminations by algal bloom or hypoxia.

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BILL NOS04444 

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02/05/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4444

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to authorizing the
 legislative commission on the development of rural resources to study
 the effectiveness of pond and lake management programs; to amend the
 executive law, the soil and water conservation districts law, the
 environmental conservation law, the public health law, the education
 law and the public authorities law, in relation to the mitigation and
 control of harmful algal blooms; and providing for the repeal of
 certain 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. Subdivision 2 of section 83-i of the legislative law, as
 2 added by chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. A legislative commission on the development of rural resources is
 4 hereby established (a) to examine the impact of rural resources upon the
 5 state's economy; (b) to review existing laws and regulations as they
 6 pertain to rural resources; (c) to assess the effect of state policies
 7 generally on rural areas; (d) to reassess the effectiveness of programs
 8 specifically addressed to rural resource needs and problems, such as
 9 agricultural districting, agricultural product promotion, maintenance of
 10 agricultural land, forest management, pond and lake management, tax
 11 exemptions for agricultural and forest land, oil and gas regulation, and
 12 tourism and recreation; and (e) to make such recommendations to the
 13 legislature for action as it determines necessary for the enhancement
 14 and protection of the state's rural resources.
 15 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 20 of the executive law,
 16 as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 17 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05013-01-5

 S. 4444 2

 1 a. "disaster" means occurrence or imminent, impending or urgent threat
 2 of wide spread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property
 3 resulting from any natural or man-made causes, including, but not limit-
 4 ed to, fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, high water, land-
 5 slide, mudslide, wind, storm, wave action, volcanic activity, epidemic,
 6 disease outbreak, air contamination, terrorism, cyber event, blight,
 7 drought, infestation, explosion, radiological accident, nuclear, chemi-
 8 cal, biological, or bacteriological release, water contamination
 9 (including by harmful algal bloom or hypoxia), bridge failure or bridge
 10 collapse.
 11 § 3. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph i and paragraph j of subdivision 3 of
 12 section 21 of the executive law, as amended by section 2 of part B of
 13 chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new paragraph k is
 14 added to read as follows:
 15 (3) the status of the state and local plans for disaster preparedness
 16 and response, including the name of any loc