8/22/12 N.Y. St. Reg. ENV-34-12-00004-P
Amendment of Part 590, Payment of Expenses Upon Acquisition of Real Property, to Comply with the Marriage Equality Act
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
This is a consensus rule making to amend Part 590 of Title 6 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Environmental Conservation Law, sections 3-0301 and 3-0305
Subject:
Amendment of Part 590, Payment of Expenses Upon Acquisition of Real Property, to comply with the Marriage Equality Act.
Purpose:
To ensure regulations are gender neutral to comply with the Marriage Equality Act.
Substance of proposed rule:
The proposed amendments to 6 NYCRR Part 590 have been made to comply with the Marriage Equality Act which requires changing terms such as "husband" to "person". Other words have been changed to reflect gender neutrality.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Keith Matteson, NYS DEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233, (518) 402-9442, email:
bkmattes@gw.dec.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Consensus Rule Making Determination
The Agency does not believe there will be any objection to the promulgation of this regulation since the language of the regulation has been revised to be gender neutral to comply with the Marriage Equality Act.
Job Impact Statement
The proposed regulatory amendment will comply with the Marriage Equality Act which requires regulations to be gender neutral. A job impact statement is not submitted with the proposal because there will be no adverse impact on existing or future jobs and employment opportunities.
