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Assembly Bill A145A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases penalties relating to the protection of underground facilities

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2013-A145 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §765, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6354

2013-A145 - Summary

Increases penalties relating to the protection of underground facilities.

2013-A145 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   145

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

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.
                                                           LBD00133-01-3

2013-A145A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §765, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6354

2013-A145A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties relating to the protection of underground facilities.

2013-A145A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 145--A
                                                         Cal. No. 52

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported and  referred
  to  the  Committee on Codes -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the
  Senate, recalled from the Senate,  vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

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 section 6 of part X of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2013, 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 [two] FIVE thou-
sand  [five  hundred] dollars for the first violation and up to an addi-
tional [ten] FIFTEEN thousand dollars for each succeeding violation that
occurs within a twelve 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.
                                                           LBD00133-03-3

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