Assembly Bill A542

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes provisions regarding the siting of environmental facilities in minority communities or economically distressed areas

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A542 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S692
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1-0303, 8-0109 & 8-0113, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4245, S5778
2011-2012: A2546, S6689
2015-2016: A1973, S3205
2017-2018: A7081, S2953
2019-2020: A6016, S5540
2021-2022: A2103, S1031

2013-A542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas; requires environmental impact statements to state whether the siting of a facility will cause or increase a disproportionate burden on such areas.

2013-A542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   542

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  location of environmental facilities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
each community in the state should equitably share the responsibilities,
burdens, and benefits of managing and solving the state's  environmental
problems  and  the  facilities  necessary  to  accomplish such ends. The
legislature further declares that there has been an inequitable  pattern
in  the  siting of environmental facilities in minority and economically
distressed communities, which have borne a disproportionate and  inequi-
table  share  of  such  facilities.  Consistent  with  its commitment to
providing equal justice for its citizens, the state has a responsibility
to establish requirements for the consideration  of  such  decisions  by
state and local governments in order to insure equality of treatment for
all communities.
  S  2.  Section 1-0303 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding three new subdivisions 26, 27, and 28 to read as follows:
  26. "ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA" SHALL MEAN AN AREA CHARACTERIZED BY
A POVERTY RATE OF AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT; OR AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF AT
LEAST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATEWIDE  UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE.
  27.  "MINORITY  COMMUNITY"  SHALL MEAN ANY CENSUS TRACT OR SUBDIVISION
THEREOF THAT INCLUDES TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OR MORE OF ANY ETHNIC GROUP.
  28. "ETHNIC GROUP" SHALL MEAN THOSE GROUPS  IDENTIFIED  IN  THE  DEFI-
NITION OF MINORITY GROUP MEMBER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01294-01-3
              

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