New York A 6181: Enacts the "personal motor vehicle sharing act"

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A06181 Summary:

BILL NOA06181 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLemondes

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COSPNSRJensen, DeStefano, Bendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 50 §§50-0101 - 50-0115, En Con L

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Enacts the senior environmental corps act; establishes the senior environmental corps within the department of environmental conservation; establishes a mechanism for seniors to volunteer their services for environmental purposes; creates senior environmental corps coordinating council; makes provisions for volunteer agreements.

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BILL NOA06181 

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02/26/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6181

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 establishing a Senior Environmental Corps that would utilize the
 expertise of professional seniors for environmental and natural
 resource programs

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

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new article 50 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 50
 4 SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CORPS ACT
 5 Section 50-0101. Short title.
 6 50-0103. Legislative findings.
 7 50-0105. Definitions.
 8 50-0107. Creation of senior environmental corps.
 9 50-0109. Goals of senior environmental corps.
 10 50-0111. Creation of senior environmental corps coordinating
 11 council.
 12 50-0113. Duties of the department.
 13 50-0115. Volunteer agreements.
 14 § 50-0101. Short title.
 15 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "senior environ-
 16 mental corps act".
 17 § 50-0103. Legislative findings.
 18 The legislature finds that:
 19 (1) Enhancement and protection of the state's environment demands more
 20 resources than government funding can provide;
 21 (2) A critical underutilized asset to society is the knowledge,
 22 skills, abilities, and wisdom of our expanding, able senior population;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08660-01-5

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 1 (3) Central to the well-being and continued connection to the society
 2 of New York's senior citizens is the opportunity for them to voluntarily
 3 continue to provide meaningful contributions and to share their profes-
 4 sional training, lifelong skills, talents, and wisdom with New York's
 5 citizens;
 6 (4) It will benefit all the citizens of the state to create a partner-
 7 ship between our senior citizens and the state's natural resource agen-
 8 cies to augment our capability to protect, enhance and appreciate the
 9 environment.
 10 § 50-0105. Definitions.
 11 As used in this article:
 12 (1) "Agency" means one of the agencies or organizations participating
 13 in the activities of the senior environmental corps.
 14 (2) "Coordinator" means the person designated by the commissioner with
 15 the advice of the council to administer the activities of the senior
 16 environmental corps.
 17 (3) "Corps" means the senior environmental corps.
 18 (4) "Council" means the senior environmental corps coordinating coun-
 19 cil.
 20 (5) "Department" means the department of environmental conservation.
 21 (6) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of envi-
 22 ronmental conservation or the commissioner's authorized representative.
 23 (7) "Representative" means the person who represents an agency on the
 24 council and is responsible for the activities of the senior environ-
 25 mental corps in the agency.
 26 (8) "Senior" means any person who is fifty-five years of age or over.
 27 (9) "Volunteer" means a person who is willing to work without expecta-
 28 tion of salary or financial reward, and who chooses where they provide
 29 services and the type of services they provide.
 30 § 50-0107. Creation of senior environmental corps.
 31 The sen