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Assembly Bill A7303

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires oil companies to clean up any spillage occurring during oil delivery

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2025-A7303 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §309, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2476
2011-2012: A2918
2013-2014: A3715
2015-2016: A1563
2017-2018: A782
2019-2020: A4362
2021-2022: A1764
2023-2024: A4774

2025-A7303 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires oil companies to clean up any spillage occurring during oil delivery within 24 hours; imposes a fine of $500 for the first offense with $1000 for each additional offense.

2025-A7303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7303
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  oil
   companies to clean up spillage occurring during a delivery
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 309 to read as follows:
   § 309. OIL DELIVERY SPILLAGE. ANY SPILLAGE OCCURRING IN THE COURSE  OF
 OIL  DELIVERY  SHALL  BE  CLEANED  UP BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY WITHIN
 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.  IF THE SPILL AFFECTS SOIL THE CLEAN UP SHALL INCLUDE
 REPLACING THE AFFECTED SOIL WITH NEW SOIL.   VIOLATION OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL RESULT IN A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND
 ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  ADDITIONAL OFFENSE, NOT TO EXCEED TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS PAYABLE BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11003-01-5

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