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                                  6937

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2017
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to eliminating
  daylight savings time; to amend the public service law, in relation to
  daylight savings time; and to repeal section 2-106 of the  administra-
  tive code of the city of New York relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Section 52 of the general construction law, as  amended  by
chapter 377 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read as follows:
  §  52.  Time,  standard. 1. The standard time throughout this state is
that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude  west  from  Greenwich[,
except  as hereinafter provided, and all courts and public officers, and
legal and official proceedings, shall be regulated thereby]. THE  STATE,
ACTING  UNDER  THE  EXEMPTION PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM TIME ACT OF 1966
(15 U.S.C. SECTION 260A(A)), IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF  THAT  LAW
THAT ESTABLISHES DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
  2.  [At  two o'clock ante meridian on the last Sunday in April of each
year the standard time throughout this state shall be advanced one  hour
from  that  of  the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Green-
wich, and the time so  advanced  shall  continue  to  be  standard  time
throughout this state until the last Sunday in October of the same year,
when  such  standard  time, as so advanced, shall be retarded to that of
the seventy-fifth meridian west from Greenwich; and during  such  period
in  each  year  all  courts  and public officers, and legal and official
proceedings, shall be regulated in accordance therewith.] NO  DEPARTMENT
OR  AGENCY OF THE STATE OR OF ANY COUNTY, CITY OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDI-
VISION SHALL EMPLOY ANY OTHER TIME OR ADOPT ANY  STATUTE,  ORDINANCE  OR
ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF ANY OTHER STANDARD OF TIME.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10661-02-7

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  § 2. Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 27 of section 66
of  the  public  service  law,  as amended by chapter 477 of the laws of
1991, is amended to read as follows:
  (1) the  hours  for  which such rates are available [for both standard
and daylight savings time];
  § 3. Section 2-106 of the administrative code of the city of New  York
is REPEALED.
  § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.