New York A 3026: Relates to the disposition of certain fines and penalties

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A03026 Summary:

BILL NOA03026B

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SAME ASSAME AS S04033-C

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRLee, Epstein, Levenberg, Shimsky, Simon, Lupardo, Alvarez, Schiavoni, Griffin, Clark, Pheffer
 Amato, Weprin, Giglio, DeStefano, Meeks, Colton, Stern, Kassay, McMahon, Morinello, McDonald

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd En Con L, generally; amd §83, St Fin L

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Provides for the disposition of certain fines and penalties; directs such fines to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund.

Go to top A03026 Actions:

BILL NOA03026B

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01/23/2025referred to environmental conservation

06/06/2025amend and recommit to environmental conservation

06/06/2025print number 3026a

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

03/27/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation

03/27/2026print number 3026b

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Go to topA03026 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3026--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, LEE, LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY, SIMON, LUPARDO,
 ALVAREZ, SCHIAVONI, GRIFFIN, CLARK, PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN, GIGLIO,
 DeSTEFANO, MEEKS, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord-
 ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
 law, in relation to the disposition of certain fees and penalties

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 71-0211 of the environ-
 2 mental conservation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 60 of the
 3 laws of 1993, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 460 of the laws of
 4 1991, are amended to read as follows:
 5 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all
 6 fines and penalties collected pursuant to title nineteen of this arti-
 7 cle, except amounts required to be paid into the conservation fund
 8 pursuant to subdivision two of section 71-1929 of such title; title
 9 twenty-one of this article; title twenty-seven of this article, except
 10 amounts required to be paid into the hazardous waste remedial fund
 11 pursuant to subdivision two of section 71-2725 of such title; and title
 12 forty-one of this article shall be paid into the [general fund to the
 13 credit of the state purposes account] conservation fund to the credit of
 14 the conservation enforcement account established pursuant to subdivision
 15 (k) of section eighty-three of the state finance law.
 16 2. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, not later than the tenth
 17 day of each month, all fines, penalties and forfeitures collected for
 18 violations of this chapter or rules, regulations, local laws or ordi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00125-10-6

 A. 3026--B 2

 1 nances adopted thereunder under judgment of any town or village court,
 2 shall be paid over by such court to the comptroller of the state, with a
 3 statement accompanying the same, setting forth the action or proceeding
 4 in which such moneys were collected, the name and residence of the
 5 defendant, the nature of the offense, and the fines and penalty imposed.
 6 The comptroller shall pay these funds into the [general fund of the
 7 state] conservation fund to the credit of the conservation enforcement
 8 account established pursuant to subdivision (k) of section eighty-three
 9 of the state finance law.
 10 § 2. Section 83 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision (k) to read as follows:
 12 (k) All moneys, revenue, and interest thereon received and collected
 13 pursuant to titles nineteen, twenty-one and twenty-seven of article
 14 seventy-one of the environmental conservation law, and pursuan