New York Assembly Bill A06847 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6847 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, BENDETT, BLANKENBUSH, BLUMENCRANZ, BOLOGNA, BRABENEC, BROOK-KRASNY, E. BROWN, K. BROWN, CHANG, CHLUDZINSKI, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GALLAHAN, GANDOLFO, GIGLIO, GRAY, HAWLEY, JENSEN, LEMONDES, MAHER, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MILLER, MOLITOR, MORINELLO, NORBER, NOVAKHOV, PIROZZOLO, RA, REILLY, SEMPOLINSKI, SIMPSON, SLATER, SMITH, SMULLEN, TAGUE, TANNOUSIS, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of envi- ronmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature for approval The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 27 and 28 to read as follows: 3 27. All rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision twen- 4 ty-four, twenty-five or twenty-six of this section shall be subject to 5 approval by a majority vote of the legislature prior to implementation. 6 28. Pursuant to the climate affordability study described in subdivi- 7 sion twenty-six of this section, no recommendation generated by such 8 study shall take effect, and no monies shall be deposited into any of 9 the accounts described in subdivisions twenty-four and twenty-five of 10 this section, prior to approval by a majority vote of the legislature. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08917-01-5