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Senate Bill S832

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires notice of hazardous conditions at subway stations

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2009-S832 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1204-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2315

2009-S832 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York City transit authority to conspicuously post in stations where noise levels exceed 90 db, in a manner visible to passengers exposed to such noise levels, a notice warning passengers of the harm to their health that may result from such exposure; sets forth content of required notice, including, but not limited to, the recommendation of the use of hearing protectors and a telephone number of the New York city transit authority to receive further information.

2009-S832 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S832 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   832

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to public notice
  of certain hazardous conditions by the New York city transit authority

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

  Section  1.  Section 1204-a of the public authorities law, as added by
chapter 736 of the laws of 1982, is amended by adding a new  subdivision
2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. IN ALL SUBWAY STATIONS WHERE THE NOISE LEVEL MEASURED FOR PASSEN-
GERS ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION EXCEEDS
90  DB  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  CONSPICUOUSLY POST IN A MANNER VISIBLE TO
PASSENGERS EXPOSED TO SUCH NOISE LEVEL A SIGN STATING:
  THE LEVEL OF NOISE IN THIS STATION REGULARLY EXCEEDS 90 DB.    MEDICAL
EXPERIMENTS  HAVE  PROVEN  THAT EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO NOISE AT, OR ABOVE,
THIS LEVEL WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF HEARING AND MAY BE HARMFUL  TO  YOUR
HEALTH. THE USE OF HEARING PROTECTORS IS RECOMMENDED. FOR FURTHER INFOR-
MATION  CALL THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AT (TELEPHONE NUMBER TO
BE PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORITY).
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06298-01-9

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