Assembly Bill A5240

2015-2016 Legislative Session

In relation to the definition of sky lanterns and the requirement to have them anchored and tethered

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5240 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง372 & 378, Exec L

2015-A5240 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of sky lanterns and the requirement to have them anchored and tethered.

2015-A5240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5240

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of  sky
  lantern and the requirement to have sky lanterns anchored and tethered

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

  Section 1. Section 372 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20. "SKY LANTERN" MEANS AN AIRBORNE  PAPER  LANTERN  CONSTRUCTED  FROM
OILED  RICE PAPER ON A WIRE OR BAMBOO FRAME THAT CONTAINS A SMALL CANDLE
OR FUEL CELL COMPOSED OF A WAXY FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.
  S 2. Section 378 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
  17.  STANDARDS FOR SKY LANTERNS, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, REQUIRING
THAT SKY LANTERNS BE ANCHORED AND TETHERED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08979-02-5

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