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Assembly Bill A6354

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases penalties relating to the protection of underground facilities

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2011-A6354 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง765, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A145

2011-A6354 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties relating to the protection of underground facilities.

2011-A6354 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6354

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 15, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to increasing  the
  penalties  for  failure  to  comply  with  provisions  relating to the
  protection of underground facilities law

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

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 765 of the general
business law, as amended by chapter 685 of the laws of 1994, is  amended
to read as follows:
  a.  Failure to comply with any provision of this article shall subject
an excavator or an operator to a civil penalty of up to [one] FIVE thou-
sand dollars for the first violation and up  to  an  additional  [seven]
FIFTEEN  thousand  [five  hundred] dollars for each succeeding violation
which occurs in connection with the entire self-same excavation or demo-
lition activity within a two month period.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09850-01-1

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