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2022 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 19 - Air Pollution Control
Title 7 - Scope and Construction
19-0705 - Persons Other Than the State Shall Not Acquire Actionable Rights.

Universal Citation: NY Env Conserv L § 19-0705 (2022)
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§ 19-0705. Persons  other  than  the  state shall not acquire actionable

           rights.

The basis for proceedings or other  actions  that  shall  result  from
  violations of any code, rule or regulation which shall be promulgated by
  the  department pursuant to this article shall inure solely to and shall
  be for the benefit of the people of the state generally and  it  is  not
  intended  to  create  in  any  way  new or enlarged rights or to enlarge
  existing rights. A determination by the commissioner that air  pollution
  or  air  contamination  exists  or that any code, rule or regulation has
  been disregarded or violated, whether or not a proceeding or action  may
  be  brought  by  the  state,  shall  not  create  by  reason thereof any
  presumption of law or finding of fact which shall inure to or be for the
  benefit of any person other than the state.

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