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Senate Bill S2826
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 35th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 11th Senate District
2011-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §209-u, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S8162
2013-2014: S4573
2011-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2826 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring businesses to notify the local firefighting agency of the presence of hazardous materials PURPOSE OF THE BILL: The bill would enhance and improve the reporting requirements for businesses which store or use hazardous materials. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill amends Sections 3, 5 and 6 of Section 209-u of the General Municipal Law to make the following changes: * Requires each person engaged in commerce to provide identification and quantity of each hazardous material used or stored at each site. Persons that do not use or store hazardous materials must respond to the notice with such information; * Requires every municipality (town or city) to provide annual notification in writing to all persons engaged in commerce within their jurisdiction of the notification and other hazardous materials reporting requirements in this law. The notification may be provided with tax bills or other official notifications;
2011-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2826 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. STEWART-COUSINS, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring businesses to notify the local firefighting agency of the presence of hazardous materials THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 3, 5 and 6 of section 209-u of the general municipal law, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 1991, and subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by chapter 594 of the laws of 1986, are amended and a new subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows: 3. Every person engaged in commerce in this state, excepting those operating as a farm, as defined by subdivision one of section six hundred seventy-one of the labor law who, based upon the experience of the business in the use of hazardous materials during the previous year, may have possession of hazardous materials at a permanent place of busi- ness, a construction site or a temporary storage depot, shall report the presence of such hazardous materials to the chief of the appropriate fire department, fire corporation, or fire company having responsibility for fire protection of each location at which any such hazardous materi- al may be found. EACH SUCH PERSON SHALL PROVIDE THE IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTITY OF EACH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL USED OR STORED AT EACH SITE WHICH IS NOT WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH PERSONS THAT DO NOT STORE OR USE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MUST RESPOND TO THE NOTICE BY STATING NO SUCH MATERIALS ARE STORED OR USED. Upon receipt thereof, in counties which have an office of county fire coordinator, the fire department, fire corporation or fire company, shall forward a copy of said report to the office of the county fire coordinator. 3-A. EVERY CITY AND TOWN, EXCEPT A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL ANNUALLY PROVIDE NOTICE IN WRITING TO ALL PERSONS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00767-01-1
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