Senate Bill S4920

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to state lighting efficiency standards for existing public buildings

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5655 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2009-S4920 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5655
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-101, Energy L

2009-S4920 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to state lighting efficiency standards for existing public buildings and to eliminating wasteful artificial night lighting of public buildings.

2009-S4920 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4920 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4920

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to state lighting efficiency
  standards for existing public buildings

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 8-101 of the energy law, as amended by chapter  744
of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
  S  8-101. Purpose.  In furtherance of the policy set forth in subdivi-
sion two of section  3-101  of  this  chapter,  the  legislature  hereby
directs  that state lighting efficiency standards for existing buildings
be promulgated to protect the health, safety, security  and  welfare  of
the  people of the state, to conserve energy BY WAYS INCLUDING ELIMINAT-
ING WASTEFUL ARTIFICIAL NIGHT LIGHTING and to reduce public  expenditure
for  energy; and that such standards ensure that economically reasonable
energy conservation techniques be used  in  the  lighting  of  all  such
buildings in the state. It is a further purpose of this [act] ARTICLE to
encourage,  assist  and  promote  compliance  with such standards by the
owners and lessors of such buildings.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05946-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.