New York S 4533: Expands the requirements for teaching humane education to secondary school students

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S04533 Summary:

BILL NOS04533 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRADDABBO, MAY

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Amd §§15-2901, 15-2903, 15-2905, 15-2907, 15-2909, 15-2911 & 15-2913, add §§15-2904 & 15-2915, En Con L

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Expands the water resources planning council; directs such council to fulfill certain duties; requires reports from the council.

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

12/01/2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4533

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, MAY -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
 mental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 water resources planning council

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

 1 Section 1. Section 15-2901 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 15-2901. Water resources planning council; organization.
 5 There is hereby established within the department of environmental
 6 conservation a water resources planning council. It shall consist of
 7 [fifteen] seventeen voting members[, including] and eight non-voting
 8 members. (a) Voting members shall include the chair, the commissioners
 9 of agriculture and markets, economic development, environmental conser-
 10 vation, health, transportation, human rights, the chair of the public
 11 service commission, president of the New York state energy research and
 12 development authority, secretary of state and seven members to be
 13 appointed by the governor including at least [one member] two members
 14 who shall have expertise in the science of water resources planning
 15 [and], at least two members who shall have expertise in environmental
 16 science and/or engineering and one member [selected from a list proposed
 17 by public interest or environmental citizens organizations] who shall
 18 have expertise in environmental justice. These seven members appointed
 19 by the governor shall serve terms of [four] five years each. Two of the
 20 members appointed by the governor shall be appointed upon the recommen-
 21 dation of the majority leader of the senate and two of the members
 22 appointed by the governor shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
 23 the speaker of the assembly. [The governor shall select a chair from
 24 among the members.] (b) Non-voting members shall represent each of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08470-01-5

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 1 following regions: 1. New York City; 2. Long Island; 3. Lower Hudson
 2 Valley; 4. Capitol Region; 5. Upper Hudson and St. Lawrence River
 3 Watershed; 6. Central New York; 7. Southern Tier River basins; and 8.
 4 Great Lakes Regional Watersheds. Meetings of the council shall be called
 5 by the chair. Members shall receive reimbursement for expenses only.
 6 § 2. Section 15-2903 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 7 by chapter 307 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 8 § 15-2903. Water resources planning council; quorum, bylaws.
 9 A majority of the voting members of the council shall constitute a
 10 quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power
 11 of the council. The commissioners of agriculture and markets, [commerce]
 12 economic development, energy, environmental conservation, health, trans-
 13 portation, human rights, the [chairman] chair of the public service
 14 commission and secretary of state may, by official authority filed in
 15 their respective agencies, and with the water resources planning coun-
 16 cil, designate a deputy or other officer to exercise [his] their respec-
 17 tive powers and perform [his] their respective duties, inc