STATE OF NEW YORK
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10299
IN ASSEMBLY
April 10, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to establish a task force to study the effects of New York state
opting out of daylight savings time
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. a. A task force, to be known as the task force on daylight
2 savings time, is hereby established to study the effects of New York
3 state opting out of daylight savings time. Such task force shall be
4 comprised of appropriate state agency personnel and experts in the field
5 of daylight savings time.
6 b. The task force shall be comprised of:
7 (i) two members appointed by the governor;
8 (ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
9 (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
10 (iv) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
11 (v) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
12 c. The task force shall:
13 (i) examine and evaluate the potential health risks associated with
14 daylight savings time, such as heart attack;
15 (ii) identify the potential effects of daylight savings on morning
16 activities;
17 (iii) establish whether the act of changing clocks twice a year is
18 economically and/or socially disruptive;
19 (iv) identify the potential effects of daylight savings time on traf-
20 fic and crime;
21 (v) establish whether daylight savings time currently provides a bene-
22 fit to this state; and
23 (vi) make recommendations on whether this state should opt out or
24 continue to utilize daylight savings time.
25 d. Such task force shall submit a report, on or before April 1, 2019,
26 to the governor and the legislature of its findings, conclusions and
27 recommendations, and legislative and regulatory proposals deemed neces-
28 sary to implement such recommendations.
29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15233-01-8
