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Assembly Bill A10299

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the task force on daylight savings time

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2017-A10299 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Authorities

2017-A10299 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the task force on daylight savings time to study the effects of New York state opting out of daylight savings time.

2017-A10299 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10299
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to establish a task force to study the effects of New York  state
   opting out of daylight savings time
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. a. A task force, to be known as the task force on  daylight
 savings  time,  is  hereby  established to study the effects of New York
 state opting out of daylight savings time.  Such  task  force  shall  be
 comprised of appropriate state agency personnel and experts in the field
 of daylight savings time.
   b. The task force shall be comprised of:
   (i) two members appointed by the governor;
   (ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (iv) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
   (v) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
   c. The task force shall:
   (i)  examine  and  evaluate the potential health risks associated with
 daylight savings time, such as heart attack;
   (ii) identify the potential effects of  daylight  savings  on  morning
 activities;
   (iii)  establish  whether  the  act of changing clocks twice a year is
 economically and/or socially disruptive;
   (iv) identify the potential effects of daylight savings time on  traf-
 fic and crime;
   (v) establish whether daylight savings time currently provides a bene-
 fit to this state; and
   (vi)  make  recommendations  on  whether  this state should opt out or
 continue to utilize daylight savings time.
   d. Such task force shall submit a report, on or before April 1,  2019,
 to  the  governor  and  the legislature of its findings, conclusions and
 recommendations, and legislative and regulatory proposals deemed  neces-
 sary to implement such recommendations.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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