A09337 Summary:
| BILL NO | A09337 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S08742 |
| SPONSOR | Taylor |
| COSPNSR | Otis, Ardila |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd 156-a, Exec L | |
| Requires the state fire administrator to establish hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. | |
A09337 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9337 IN ASSEMBLY March 1, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 156-a of the executive law 2 are renumbered subdivisions 4 and 5 and a new subdivision 3 is added to 3 read as follows: 4 3. Such specialized hazardous materials emergency response training 5 program curriculum shall also include guidance regarding emergency 6 response to incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. For the purposes 7 of this section, "lithium-ion battery" means a storage battery in which 8 an electrical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a 9 carbon graphite nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity 10 carbonate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14733-01-4