STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 4982 A. 7005
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2019
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, STECK, GLICK, OTIS,
L. ROSENTHAL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
exemptions for railroads and railroad and railroad shipping facilities
from the phase-out of creosote
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 27-2513 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 added by chapter 172 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 27-2513. Exemptions.
4 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, this title shall
5 not apply to:
6 1. [railroads, as defined in subdivisions twenty-four and twenty-nine
7 of section two of the transportation law or within the scope of titles
8 nine and eleven of article five of the public authorities law;
9 2. the operation and/or maintenance of railroad and railroad shipping
10 facilities, including but not limited to the right of way, tracks, track
11 sidings, team tracks and bridges;
12 3.] any electric corporation, as defined by subdivision thirteen of
13 section two of the public service law, nor shall it apply to the opera-
14 tion, use, or maintenance of any new or existing utility pole or facili-
15 ties owned or used, in whole or in part, by a telephone corporation,
16 utility company, or cable television company, as defined by subdivisions
17 seventeen and twenty-three of section two and subdivision one of section
18 two hundred twelve of the public service law, respectively;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 [4.] 2. the use of one or more utility poles by any person in
2 connection with the suspension or support of power, communications,
3 utility wires, lines or cables and related equipment, antennae, light-
4 ing, signals, electric or electronic devices or similar equipment or
5 apparatus;
6 [5.] 3. any public authority that owns and operates electric trans-
7 mission or distribution lines, a municipally owned electric utility or a
8 rural electric cooperative, nor shall it apply to the operation, use, or
9 maintenance of any new or existing utility pole or facilities owned or
10 used, in whole or in part, by any such public authority, municipally
11 owned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative; and
12 [6.] 4. until January first, two thousand ten, any existing marina or
13 other facility for berthing and mooring of pleasure vessels, including
14 rowboats and canoes, and the storage thereof, and any existing facility
15 that services pleasure vessels other than an existing marina or other
16 facility for berthing and mooring of pleasure vessels, or facility that
17 services pleasure vessels owned and/or operated by a municipal entity.
18 For the purpose of this section, pleasure vessel shall have the same
19 meaning as in paragraph (c) of subdivision six of section two of the
20 navigation law.
21 § 2. Severability clause. If any provision of this act or application
22 thereof shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent
23 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or
24 invalidate the remainder of the act, but shall be confined in its opera-
25 tion to the provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in
26 which the judgment shall have been rendered.
27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.