Active provisions classified under Environment.
CHAPTER 664 An ACT to repeal and reenact chapter forty-three-B of the consolidated laws, to amend the public health law, and to repeal certain articles, titles, parts and sections of the conservation law, the public health law, the agriculture and markets law, the executive law, and chapter seven hundred one of the law…
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS LAW Laws 1940, Chapter 727 AN ACT establishing the state soil and water conservation committee, and creating soil and water conservation districts, constituting chapter nine-b of the consolidated laws Became a law April 23, 1940, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fif…
(1) This act shall be known as the “Florida Aquatic Weed Control Act.”(2) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall direct the control, eradication, and regulation of noxious aquatic weeds and direct the research and planning related to these activities, as provided in this section, so as to protect human hea…
As used in sections 156.01 to 156.05 of the Revised Code:(A) "Avoided capital costs" means a measured reduction in the cost of future equipment or other capital purchases that results from implementation of one or more energy or water conservation measures, when compared to an established baseline for previous such cos…
(A) In order to comply with division (B) of section 3734.52 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of each county shall do one of the following: (1) Establish, by resolution, and maintain a county solid waste management district under this chapter that consists of all the incorporated and unincorporated…
As used in sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code: (A) "Slum area" means an area within a municipal corporation, in which area there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provision for…
As used in this chapter:(A) "Agricultural animal" means any animal generally used for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, and swine; horses; alpacas; llamas; and any other animal included by the director of agriculture by rule. "Agricultural animal" does not include fish…
As used in this chapter:(A) "Agricultural pollution" means failure to use management or conservation practices in farming operations to abate wind or water erosion of the soil or to abate the degradation of the waters of the state by residual farm products, manure, or soil sediment, including attached substances.(B) "A…
As used in this chapter: (A) "Soil and water conservation district" means a district organized in accordance with this chapter. (B) "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body of a district. (C) "Landowner," "owner," or "owner of land" means an owner of record as shown by the records in the office of th…
The "great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact," which has been negotiated by representatives of this state and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a…
Section 1. CONTRACTS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL; TERMS. Any water power control district heretofore organized or hereafter organized is authorized to enter into contracts with any person, firm or corporation or one or more of either, for the sale or disposal of salt water. Provided, no such contract shall be entered into un…
(1) The several counties of the state may cooperate with the Department of Health in the establishment and maintenance of full-time county health departments in such counties for the promotion of the public’s health, the control and eradication of preventable diseases, and the provision of primary health care for speci…
The Legislature hereby adopts as the State Comprehensive Plan the following specific goals and policies:(1) CHILDREN.—(a) Goal.—Florida shall provide programs sufficient to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all of its children.(b) Policies.—1. Decrease the number of children at risk of becoming delinquent, abu…
(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall perform all staff duties and functions related to the acquisition, administration, and disposition of state lands, title to which is or will be vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. However, upon the effective date of rules adopted p…
(1) The department shall have the authority to locate and designate certain transportation facilities as part of the State Highway System and to construct and maintain them with funds available to the department. Any transportation facility when so located and designated shall become the property of the state and shall…
(1) This section shall be known as the “Florida Aquatic Plant Management Act.”(2) For the purpose of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:(a) “Commission” means the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.(b) “Aquatic plant” is any plant growing in, or closely associated wit…
(1) The Legislature finds and declares that the highest and best use of the seacoast of the state is as a source of public and private recreation.(2) The Legislature further finds and declares that the preservation of this use is a matter of the highest urgency and priority, and that such use can only be served effecti…
(1) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, for staggered terms of 5 years.(2) Members so appointed shall annually select one of their members as chair. Such chair may be removed at any time for sufficien…
(1) The pollution of the air and waters of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare; creates public nuisances; is harmful to wildlife and fish and other aquatic life; and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational, and other beneficial uses of air and water.(2) It is declared to be the…
The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission may, on the executive director's own initiative or at the request of a state agency, contract with an energy or a water services company, architect, professional engineer, contractor, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of en…
(A) The board of county commissioners of a county or the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district established under this chapter, upon its own initiative or at the request of the legislative authority of any municipal corporation or township located in the district, may adopt a resolution proposing…
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy conservation measure" means the construction of, installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a new or existing building or infrastructure, to reduce energy consumption. It includes: (a) Insulation of the building structure and of systems within the buil…
The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Provide administrative leadership to soil and water conservation districts in planning, budgeting, staffing, and administering district programs and the training of district supervisors and personnel in their duties, responsibilities, and authorities as pre…
There is hereby established in the department of agriculture the Ohio soil and water conservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members of equal status and authority, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and one of whom shall be designated by reso…
The chief of the division of forestry shall be responsible for the conservation and development of forests within this state. The chief shall be concerned with silvicultural practices, including the proper planting, growing, protecting, harvesting, and managing of trees for such purposes as watershed and soil protectio…