New York S 8924: Providing that the Board of Regents shall have the responsibility to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, terminating certain Executive Orders, and providing for procedures for certain future Executive Orders

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S08924 Summary:

BILL NOS08924 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10117

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRHELMING, MAY, O'MARA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §130-a, Can L

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Establishes a stakeholder group in the Oswego river basin to coordinate water release.

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BILL NOS08924 

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01/16/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1548

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10117

&nbspA10117 AMEND= Stirpe

&nbsp02/02/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

&nbsp05/05/2026reported 

&nbsp05/07/2026advanced to third reading cal.476

&nbsp05/11/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/11/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/11/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8924

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1548

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8924

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation to establishing a stakeholder
 group to coordinate water release in the Oswego river basin

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

 1 Section 1. The canal law is amended by adding a new section 130-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 130-a. Oswego river basin water release coordination. 1. The corpo-
 4 ration, in consultation with the department of environmental conserva-
 5 tion, shall, within six months of the effective date of this section,
 6 form a stakeholder group to evaluate approaches to coordinating water
 7 releases in the Oswego river basin. Such stakeholder group shall include
 8 all entities with the ability or responsibility to control flood water
 9 discharges either directly to or from major water bodies within the
 10 Oswego river basin and their tributaries, community stakeholder groups,
 11 the department of environmental conservation, and subject matter
 12 experts.
 13 2. The stakeholder group shall review all available information
 14 regarding utilizing flood storage above lake rule curves, and watershed
 15 releases during high flow events, in the Oswego river basin, including
 16 any relevant modeling. Within six months of the formation of the stake-
 17 holder group, the stakeholder group shall make recommendations to the
 18 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
 19 assembly on a regulatory structure to coordinate communication and water
 20 releases during high flow events. In making such recommendations, the
 21 stakeholder group shall consider a variety of alternatives, including
 22 but not limited to:
 23 (a) recommending a continuation, expansion, or reconstitution of the
 24 stakeholder group for such purpose;
 25 (b) recommending a legislative mandate for coordination of water
 26 releases; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09563-01-5

 S. 8924 2

 1 (c) recommending the legislature initiate an independent water regu-
 2 lating district with the authority to direct water releases pursuant to
 3 title twenty-one of article fifteen of the environmental conservation
 4 law.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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