Assembly Bill A5655

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to state lighting efficiency standards for existing public buildings

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  • 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

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2009-A5655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4920
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-101, Energy L

2009-A5655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-A5655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5655

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A. COOK,  DINOWITZ,  GALEF,  GLICK,  GORDON,  JOHN,  KOON,
  MAYERSOHN,  McENENY,  ORTIZ,  SWEENEY,  WEINSTEIN  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Energy

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


              

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