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Assembly Bill A9561

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the distribution of road salt

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2025-A9561 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9922
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §23, Transp L

2025-A9561 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the department of transportation and every municipality, locality and public authority shall not spread road salt at a rate higher than three hundred pounds per lane mile on average during each snow and ice management season.

2025-A9561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9561
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to imposing  certain
   requirements for the distribution of road salt
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
 23 to read as follows:
   §  23.  DISTRIBUTION  OF ROAD SALT.   1. THE DEPARTMENT, EVERY MUNICI-
 PALITY, LOCALITY, AND PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL NOT SPREAD ROAD SALT  AT  A
 RATE  HIGHER  THAN  THREE HUNDRED POUNDS PER LANE MILE ON AVERAGE DURING
 EACH SNOW AND ICE MANAGEMENT SEASON.   THE  LIMITS  FOR  APPLICATION  ON
 PARKING  LOTS AND SIDEWALKS IS SET AT 4.7 POUNDS PER ONE THOUSAND SQUARE
 FEET.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ROAD SALT" SHALL MEAN A
 MINERAL FORM OF SODIUM CHLORIDE TO MELT SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS BY  LOWER-
 ING WATER'S FREEZING POINT.
   3. ALL ROAD SALT EQUIPMENT SHALL BE METERED AND CALIBRATED.
   4.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE  ANNUAL DATA ON ITS WEBSITE TO THE
 PUBLIC REGARDING THE USE OF ROAD SALT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13870-02-5

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