ECL 3-0311 · Title 3. General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction
Municipal notification of environmental violations
Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 3-0311. Municipal notification of environmental violations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except when any criminal investigation is pending, the commissioner shall notify the chief executive officer of the municipality together with the chief executive officer of the county where any violations of article 17, 19, 24, 25 or 27 of this chapter are found to exist within the boundaries of such municipalities including, but not limited to, any municipal landfill or municipal solid waste disposal or recovery facility within seventy-two hours of determining that sufficient evidence exists to commence an enforcement action.
* NB There are 2 § 3-0311's
Source of truth
- Edition
- Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/ENV3-0311
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- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 2 § 3-0311's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
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