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A7456Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS2682

Create Flood Prevention Council

Official title

“Enacts the flood mitigation council act”

Sponsor Steven OtisAD-91+3 co-sponsorsAffects Environment & Energy
Status
Vetoed
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Vetoed

Bill progress

Vetoed

What's happening

This bill establishes a temporary task force to evaluate flood risks in New York and recommend mitigation strategies.

Why it matters

  1. Brings together key state agencies and local representatives. , ensuring expertise from environmental, emergency management, transportation, and flood-affected communities is included in the evaluation and decision-making process.

  2. Mandates a statewide assessment of flood risks and impacts. , including identifying the most vulnerable regions and populations—this could influence future funding, infrastructure priorities, and disaster planning.

  3. Requires concrete recommendations and identification of funding sources. , aiming to help both governments and property owners access resources for flood mitigation; this could affect insurance rates, property values, and public safety.

  4. Emphasizes use of up-to-date science and technology. , potentially pushing New York to adopt innovative strategies and best practices for flood prevention, which may set a precedent for other states facing similar climate challenges.

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Create Flood Prevention Council

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Steven Otis

Assembly Member · Assembly District 91

Chair, Science & Technology

History

  1. Tabled
  2. Vetoed memo.251
  3. Delivered to governor
  4. Returned to assembly
  5. Passed senateVote 61–1
  6. 3rd reading cal.1758
  7. Substituted for S2682
  8. Referred to rules
  9. Delivered to senate
  10. Passed assembly
  11. Ordered to third reading rules cal.282
  12. Rules report cal.282
Show 6 earlier actions
  1. Reported
  2. Reported referred to rules
  3. Reported referred to ways and means
  4. Print number 7456a
  5. Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
  6. Referred to environmental conservation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S2682Senate

Create Flood Task Force

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Shelley Mayer

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

7456--A

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

May 3, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT relating to establishing the flood mitigation and prevention task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

Section 1. 1. There is hereby established in the department of environmental conservation a flood mitigation and prevention task force ("task force") to consist of eleven members who shall be appointed as follows:

(a) the commissioner of environmental conservation or his or her designee;

(b) the commissioner of general services or his or her designee;

(c) the commissioner of the department of transportation or his or her designee;

(d) the director of the state emergency management office or his or her designee;

(e) the commissioner of the New York state division of homeland security and emergency services or his or her designee;

(f) two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;

(g) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;

(h) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;

(i) two members to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate.

2. The at-large members should include individuals who represent flood-prone municipalities and counties.

3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for actual, necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD06033-02-9

A. 7456--A 2

4. The chairperson of the task force shall be the commissioner of environmental conservation or his or her designee. The task force shall meet no less than four times at the call of the chairperson.

5. Any vacancies on the task force shall be filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.

6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.

7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational institution, other government entity or agency or person including, but not limited to, the army corps of engineers, in the development of the report required by subdivision 10 of this section.

8. The department of environmental conservation shall provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties.

9. The purpose of the flood mitigation/prevention task force shall be to evaluate ways of protecting New York's communities and residents from flooding, including inland flooding, and applying the best available science and research to examine flooding-related issues and impacts.

10. No later than December 31, 2020, the task force shall transmit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly a report containing:

(a) an assessment of the extent and magnitude of the problem statewide caused by flooding, including identifying those regions and populations most affected by flooding;

(b) criteria and guidelines for identifying and prioritizing regions and projects most in need of mitigation;

(c) identification of existing and emerging technologies, strategies and concepts which can mitigate the impact of flooding on populations and infrastructure;

(d) identification of potential funding sources to support residential, commercial and public mitigation efforts;

(e) research projects or studies to better understand how flooding affects the geography and the population of this state; and

(f) recommendations to the governor and the state legislature on how the state can best use its resources to assist flood-prone counties and municipalities to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2021.

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