New York S 7970: Enacts the Mohawk River Basin management act

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S07970 Summary:

BILL NOS07970A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08617-A

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §11-0306-b, En Con L

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Establishes a Mohawk River Basin district and Mohawk River Basin management program for management of such district to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the environmental quality of the Mohawk River.

Go to top S07970 Actions:

BILL NOS07970A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/15/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 7970A

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1632

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8617A

&nbspA08617 AMEND=A McDonald

&nbsp05/22/2025referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp04/15/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation

&nbsp04/15/2026print number 8617a

&nbsp04/21/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/05/2026reported 

&nbsp05/07/2026advanced to third reading cal.467

&nbsp05/11/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/11/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/11/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S7970A

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1632

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7970--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 enacting the "Mohawk River Basin management act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Mohawk River Basin management act".
 3 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 4 section 11-0306-b to read as follows:
 5 § 11-0306-b. Mohawk River Basin management program.
 6 1. There is hereby established a Mohawk River Basin district which
 7 shall include the Mohawk River from its headwaters in Lewis county to
 8 its mouth at the Hudson River at Cohoes. The district shall include the
 9 Mohawk River's watershed, including all tributaries and the portion of
 10 the New York state Barge Canal that is in or connected to the Mohawk
 11 River.
 12 2. The department shall establish and maintain a Mohawk River Basin
 13 management program for the Mohawk River Basin district, in order to
 14 preserve, protect, restore and enhance the quality of the Mohawk River
 15 Basin district, and to promote the integrated and coordinated management
 16 of its watershed, with consideration to the Mohawk River's influence on
 17 the Hudson River and estuary, as well as the influence of the New York
 18 state Barge Canal.
 19 3. The commissioner shall appoint a Mohawk River Basin management
 20 advisory committee to provide guidance on regulatory, policy, and other
 21 matters affecting the management, protection, and use of the Mohawk

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13076-03-6

 S. 7970--A 2

 1 River Basin district and to assist in the development of a Mohawk River
 2 Basin management program. The committee shall consist of not less than
 3 eleven members representing interests directly involved in the Mohawk
 4 River Basin district, including but not limited to representatives of
 5 drinking water suppliers, recreational fishing, recreational and commer-
 6 cial boating, tourism, research, conservation, natural resources manage-
 7 ment, agriculture and regional planning. The Mohawk River Basin manage-
 8 ment advisory committee shall a