Senate Bill S3119

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S3119 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0326, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5287
2011-2012: S36
2013-2014: S200
2015-2016: S2353
2017-2018: S487, S7085
2019-2020: S2348

2021-S3119 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles.

2021-S3119 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3119
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting idling by heavy-duty vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 19-0326 to read as follows:
 § 19-0326. PROHIBITION ON IDLING BY HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES.
   1.  NO PERSON SHALL ALLOW OR PERMIT THE IDLING OF A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE
 FOR MORE THAN THREE MINUTES EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THE  DEPART-
 MENT IN REGULATION.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT AND UPDATE, FROM TIME TO TIME, REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. THE REGULATIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE ANY EXEMPTIONS DEEMED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE NECESSARY OR
 APPROPRIATE.
   3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION "HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE" MEANS A  VEHICLE  THAT
 HAS  A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING EXCEEDING EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
 POUNDS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR TRANSPORTING PERSONS OR PROPERTIES.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLES,  SHALL  CONDUCT  OUTREACH AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  THROUGHOUT  THE
 STATE.
   5.  NO LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE IDLING OF HEAVY-DUTY VEHI-
 CLES SHALL BE PREEMPTED BY THIS SECTION. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  ONE  OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE IDLING RESTRICTIONS
 SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION 24-163 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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