S04631 Summary:
| BILL NO | S04631 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A00342 |
| SPONSOR | LANZA |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add Title 27 Chap 1 Subchap 7 Art 23 SS27-521.20 & 27-521.25, NYC Ad Cd | |
| Requires the replacement of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in buildings in New York City constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools; exempts buildings that have replaced lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures not containing PCB's; requires the testing of each area post-replacement for the presence of PCB's; requires the posting of test results on the NYC department of education website; authorizes the NYC department of education to seek state and federal funding to accomplish the required replacement; requires the promulgation of regulations by the state department of education. | |
S04631 Actions:
| BILL NO | S04631 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/01/2015 | REFERRED TO CITIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/19/2015 | 1ST REPORT CAL.881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/20/2015 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/27/2015 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/2015 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/2015 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/2015 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | died in assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO CITIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/04/2016 | 1ST REPORT CAL.697 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/05/2016 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/09/2016 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/2016 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/2016 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/2016 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S04631 Committee Votes:
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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4631 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 1, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the replacement of lighting ballasts and light- ing fixtures in buildings constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools and requiring the promulgation of regulations by the state department of education The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subchapter 7 of chapter 1 of title 27 of the administrative 2 code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new article 23 to 3 read as follows: 4 ARTICLE 23 5 SCHOOL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1950 AND 1978 6 Section 27-521.20 Lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in school 7 buildings. 8 27-521.25 Financing and remediation. 9 § 27-521.20 Lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in school build- 10 ings. (a) The department shall replace all lighting ballasts and light- 11 ing fixtures in any building constructed or substantially renovated 12 between the years nineteen hundred fifty and nineteen hundred seventy- 13 eight that is currently used as a school. 14 (b) Following the replacement of any lighting ballasts or lighting 15 fixtures pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, each site shall be 16 tested for the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls. Results shall be 17 posted on the department's website within four days of receiving test 18 results. 19 (c) School buildings shall be exempt from subdivision (a) of this 20 section if the lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures have been 21 replaced using materials not containing polychlorinated biphenyls. 22 (d) For purposes of this section: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01353-01-5S. 4631 2 1 (1) "Department" shall mean the New York city department of education. 2 (2) "School" shall mean each school within the New York city public 3 school system that provides educational instruction to students at or 4 below the twelfth grade level. 5 § 27-521.25 Financing and remediation. The department shall coordinate 6 financing and remediation in consultation with relevant state agencies 7 and the United States environmental protection agency and shall be 8 required to search for federal and state financing to accomplish such 9 purpose. 10 § 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state 11 education department shall implement and enforce rules or regulations 12 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. The state education 13 department shall establish deadlines to ensure expedited remediation and 14 testing of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in school buildings 15 constructed between 1950 and 1978 and shall require that fifty percent 16 of all replacement work shall be completed within one year and the 17 completion of all replacement work within two years from the effective 18 date of this act. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that 20 section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth 21 day after it shall have become a law.