S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 8053 A. 10163
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
March 22, 2018
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
exemptions for railroads and railroad and railroad shipping facilities
from the phase-out of creosote
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 27-2513 of the environmental conservation law, as
added by chapter 172 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 27-2513. Exemptions.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, this title shall
not apply to:
1. [railroads, as defined in subdivisions twenty-four and twenty-nine
of section two of the transportation law or within the scope of titles
nine and eleven of article five of the public authorities law;
2. the operation and/or maintenance of railroad and railroad shipping
facilities, including but not limited to the right of way, tracks, track
sidings, team tracks and bridges;
3.] any electric corporation, as defined by subdivision thirteen of
section two of the public service law, nor shall it apply to the opera-
tion, use, or maintenance of any new or existing utility pole or facili-
ties owned or used, in whole or in part, by a telephone corporation,
utility company, or cable television company, as defined by subdivisions
seventeen and twenty-three of section two and subdivision one of section
two hundred twelve of the public service law, respectively;
[4.] 2. the use of one or more utility poles by any person in
connection with the suspension or support of power, communications,
utility wires, lines or cables and related equipment, antennae, light-
ing, signals, electric or electronic devices or similar equipment or
apparatus;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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[5.] 3. any public authority that owns and operates electric trans-
mission or distribution lines, a municipally owned electric utility or a
rural electric cooperative, nor shall it apply to the operation, use, or
maintenance of any new or existing utility pole or facilities owned or
used, in whole or in part, by any such public authority, municipally
owned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative; and
[6.] 4. until January first, two thousand ten, any existing marina or
other facility for berthing and mooring of pleasure vessels, including
rowboats and canoes, and the storage thereof, and any existing facility
that services pleasure vessels other than an existing marina or other
facility for berthing and mooring of pleasure vessels, or facility that
services pleasure vessels owned and/or operated by a municipal entity.
For the purpose of this section, pleasure vessel shall have the same
meaning as in paragraph (c) of subdivision six of section two of the
navigation law.
§ 2. Severability clause. If any provision of this act or application
thereof shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or
invalidate the remainder of the act, but shall be confined in its opera-
tion to the provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in
which the judgment shall have been rendered.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.