S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9077
I N S E N A T E
October 30, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to establishing daylight saving
time as the year-round standard time in the state and in the 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, 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.
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] THE TIME AS
DETERMINED BY 15 USC SECTIONS 260 TO 267, EXCEPT THAT THE STATE OBSERVES
YEAR-ROUND THE PROVISIONS OF 15 USC 260A PROVIDING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF TIME, COMMONLY KNOWN AS EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IF FEDERAL LAW
PERMITS THE YEAR-ROUND OBSERVATION OF EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.
§ 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; effect thereof on public proceedings.
The standard time throughout the city of New York is [that of the seven-
ty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, except that at two
o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in April of each year such
standard time throughout the city shall be advanced one hour, and at two
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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, and all courts, public offices and legal and official
proceedings shall be regulated thereby] THE TIME AS DETERMINED BY 15 USC
SECTIONS 260 TO 267, EXCEPT THAT THE CITY OBSERVES YEAR-ROUND THE
PROVISIONS OF 15 USC 260A PROVIDING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TIME, COMMON-
LY KNOWN AS EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IF FEDERAL LAW PERMITS THE
YEAR-ROUND OBSERVATION OF EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.
§ 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsyl-
vania of legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if
the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Penn-
sylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, section one of
this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the secretary of
state shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided for in section
one of this act 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 effectuating the provisions of
section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
cers law.