Senate Bill S2826

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enhances the reporting requirements for businesses, outside of a city with population of one million or more, which store or use hazardous materials

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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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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:
2009-2010: S8162
2013-2014: S4573

2011-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enhances the reporting requirements for the storage or use of hazardous materials by businesses, outside of a city having a population of one million or more.

2011-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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