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2016 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 56 - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLEAN WATER/CLEAN AIR BOND ACT OF 1996
Title 5 - (56-0501 - 56-0515) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS
56-0507 - Recovery of state assistance.

NY Env Cons L § 56-0507 (2016) What's This?
56-0507. Recovery of state assistance.

1.   A  municipality  receiving  state  assistance  under  this  title
  undertakes an environmental restoration project as agent  of  the  state
  with respect to the incurrence of eligible costs.

2.  The  state  shall  make all reasonable efforts to recover the full
  amount of  any  state  assistance  provided  under  this  title  through
  litigation  brought  under  this  section  or other statute or under the
  common law, or through cooperative agreements, with responsible  parties
  (other  than  the  municipality  to  which state assistance was provided
  under this title; or a successor in title, lender, or lessee who was not
  otherwise a responsible party prior to the municipality's  taking  title
  to such property).

3. Any and all monies recovered or reimbursed pursuant to this section
  shall be deposited into the environmental restoration project account of
  the   hazardous   waste   remedial   fund   established   under  section
  ninety-seven-b of the state finance law.

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