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2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 71 - ENFORCEMENT
Title 4 - (71-0401 - 71-0403) DELEGATION OF ENFORCEMENT
71-0403 - Delegation of criminal enforcement authority.

§ 71-0403. Delegation of criminal enforcement authority.
    Whenever  the  attorney  general  is  authorized under this chapter to
  prosecute a criminal  proceeding  on  behalf  of  the  department,  such
  authority  may in the discretion of the attorney general be delegated to
  the department, to initiate or conduct any such  prosecution.  Provided,
  however,  that in any event the district attorney of the county in which
  the violation occurs may initiate or conduct any such prosecution.

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