STATE OF NEW YORK
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739
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the prepara-
tion and distribution of a model comprehensive outdoor lighting ordi-
nance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 137 to read as follows:
3 § 137. Model comprehensive outdoor lighting ordinance. The secretary
4 of state, in consultation with the New York state energy research and
5 development authority, the commissioner of transportation and the
6 commissioner of general services, shall prepare or cause to be prepared
7 and distributed to cities, towns and villages a model comprehensive
8 outdoor lighting ordinance for the purpose of saving energy, reducing
9 unnecessary glare and reducing unnecessary sky glow. For purposes of
10 this section, the term "glare" shall mean light emitted by a luminaire
11 that causes reduced visibility or momentary blindness by shining direct-
12 ly into the eyes of the viewer; and the term "sky glow" shall mean the
13 illumination of the nighttime sky that results from upward shining
14 light, which is reflected off molecules and particles of dirt and mois-
15 ture in the atmosphere.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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