Senate Bill S8176

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the accessibility of ring life buoys on piers in the canal system

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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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2015-S8176 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Canal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135, Can L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1860
2019-2020: S233

2015-S8176 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the accessibility of ring life buoys on piers in the canal system which comply with certain US Coast Guard standards.

2015-S8176 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S8176 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8176

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             August 12, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. VALESKY, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation to requiring the  accessibil-
  ity of ring life buoys on piers in the canal system

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
"Aaron's Law".
  S  2.  The canal law is amended by adding a new section 135 to read as
follows:
  S 135. LIFE BUOYS REQUIRED ON ALL PIERS, WHARFS, LOCKS AND DOCKS.   1.
ON  EACH  PIER,  WHARF,  LOCK AND DOCK, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE
NAVIGATION LAW, IN THE CANAL SYSTEM, THE  CORPORATION  MUST  LOCATE  ONE
RING LIFE BUOY ON EACH SIDE OF THE PIER, WHARF, LOCK AND DOCK AS WELL AS
ONE  NEAR EACH EXTERNAL STAIRWAY LEADING TO WATER.  ONE BUOY PER SIDE OF
THE PIER MAY BE USED TO SATISFY BOTH OF THESE REQUIREMENTS.
  2. EACH RING LIFE BUOY MUST BE STOWED ON OR IN A RACK THAT IS  READILY
ACCESSIBLE  IN  AN EMERGENCY. THE RING LIFE BUOY MUST NOT BE PERMANENTLY
SECURED IN ANY WAY TO THE RACK OR THE PIER.
  3. RING LIFE BUOYS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:
  (A) THE RING LIFE BUOY SHALL BE APPROVED UNDER APPROVAL SERIES 160.050
OR 160.150 FOR SOLAS-APPROVED EQUIPMENT OR SUCCESSOR STANDARDS ISSUED BY
THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.
  (B) EACH RING LIFE BUOY SHALL HAVE A  FLOATING  ELECTRIC  WATER  LIGHT
APPROVED  UNDER  APPROVAL  SERIES  161.010. THE CORPORATION SHALL ENSURE
THAT THE LIGHT TO THE RING  LIFE  BUOY  IS  ATTACHED  BY  A  LANYARD  OF
12-THREAD  MANILA,  OR  SYNTHETIC  ROPE OF EQUIVALENT STRENGTH, NOT LESS
THAN THREE FEET NOR MORE THAN SIX FEET IN  LENGTH.  THE  LIGHT  MUST  BE
MOUNTED  ON A BRACKET NEAR THE RING LIFE BUOY SO THAT WHEN THE RING LIFE
BUOY IS CAST LOOSE THE LIGHT WILL BE PULLED FREE OF THE BRACKET.
  (C) TO EACH RING LIFE BUOY, THERE SHALL BE ATTACHED A BUOYANT LINE  OF
AT  LEAST  ONE  HUNDRED  FEET  IN LENGTH, WITH A BREAKING STRENGTH OF AT
LEAST FIVE KILONEWTONS FORCE. THE END OF THE LINE MUST NOT BE SECURED TO
THE PIER.

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

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