NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7230

Senate Bill S7230

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Makes daylight saving time the permanent standard time of the state and the city of New York

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Jan 13, 2020	referred to judiciary

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2019-S7230 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: General Construction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §52, Gen Con L; amd §2-106, NYC Ad Cd

2019-S7230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes daylight saving time the permanent standard time of the state and the city of New York.

2019-S7230 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7230

SPONSOR: LITTLE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to making daylight saving time the
permanent standard time of the state and city of New York

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill will make daylight saving time the permanent
standard time of the state and the city of New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 52 of the general construction law of chapter 377 of the laws of
1955 is amended.

Section 2-106 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
amended.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This proposal would make March 2020 the last time New Yorkers would
change their clocks. "Daylight saving time" refers the time of year that
falls between March and November, although many use the term to
informally describe the practice of adjusting the clock both at the
beginning and end of that period. During daylight saving time, the sun
rises and sets one hour later than it would during "standard time".
Daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time for the
entire State. That would mean more hours of daylight for New Yorkers.

If the state switched to daylight saving time as permanent sunsets would
be an hour later each day, a change would be especially helpful in the
winter, when the sun would no longer set before 5pm. This bill could
help improve energy savings, work productivity, and other health and
safety factors.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by nineteen
states of the United States, other than this state, of legislation
having an identical effect with this act, but if such other nineteen
states shall have already enacted such legislation, then it shall take
effect immediately; and provided that the commissioner of general
services shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided for in this act
by such states in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 the
legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

2019-S7230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7230
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
   of the city of New York, in relation to making  daylight  saving  time
   the permanent standard time of the state and city of New York

   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[,]; DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT STATE standard. [1. The
 standard time throughout this state is that of the seventy-fifth meridi-
 an of longitude west from Greenwich, except as hereinafter provided, and
 all courts and public officers,  and  legal  and  official  proceedings,
 shall be regulated thereby.
   2.  At]  NOTWITHSTANDING  HOW TIME IS ADVANCED PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL
 UNIFORM TIME ACT OF 1966, 15 U.S.C. §260A, AT two o'clock ante  meridian
 on  [the  last]  Sunday  [in  April of each year], MARCH FOURTEENTH, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY, the  standard  time  throughout  this  state  shall  be
 advanced  one  hour from that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude
 west from Greenwich, and the time so advanced shall continue to  be  THE
 YEAR-ROUND 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] THEREBY.
   § 2. Section 2-106 of the administrative code of the city of New  York
 is amended to read as follows:
   §  2-106  Daylight saving time PERMANENT CITY STANDARD; effect thereof
 on public proceedings. [The standard time throughout  the  city  of  New
 York is that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Green-
 wich,  except that] NOTWITHSTANDING HOW TIME IS ADVANCED PURSUANT TO THE
 FEDERAL UNIFORM TIME ACT OF 1966, 15 U.S.C. §260A, at two o'clock  ante-
 meridian  [of  the  last]  ON Sunday [in April of each year such], MARCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14713-02-0

 S. 7230                             2
 
 FOURTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE standard time throughout  the  city
 shall  be  advanced  one  hour[, and at two o'clock ante-meridian of the
 last Sunday in October of each year, such standard time  shall,  by  the
 retarding  of one hour, be returned to the mean astronomical time of the
 seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich,] FROM  THAT  OF
 THE  SEVENTY-FIFTH  MERIDIAN  OF  LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH, AND THE
 TIME SO ADVANCED SHALL CONTINUE  TO  BE  THE  YEAR-ROUND  STANDARD  TIME
 THROUGHOUT THIS CITY; and all courts, public offices and legal and offi-
 cial proceedings shall be regulated thereby.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by nine-
 teen states of the United States, other than this state, of  legislation
 having  an  identical  effect  with this act, but if such other nineteen
 states shall have already enacted such legislation, then it  shall  take
 effect  immediately;  and  provided  that  the  commissioner  of general
 services shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon  the
 occurrence  of the enactment of the legislation provided for in this act
 by such states in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
 timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
 of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44  of
 the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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