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S08442 Summary:

BILL NO	S08442
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	SEPULVEDA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §244, Gen Bus L
Relates to prohibiting the transport of lithium and lithium metal batteries as cargo on all aircraft taking off from a New York airport.

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S08442 Actions:

BILL NO	S08442
05/08/2018	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S08442 Committee Votes:

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S08442 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8442
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 8, 2018
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
          transport of lithium and lithium metal batteries on all aircraft
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  244 to read as follows:
     3    § 244. Lithium battery ban. No aircraft  departing  from  a  New  York
     4  airport  shall  be  permitted to transport, as cargo, lithium or lithium
     5  metal batteries. Only lithium or lithium  metal  batteries  in  cellular
     6  devices  or  computers including tablets and laptops, shall be permitted
     7  on such aircraft under certain circumstances. Such circumstances include
     8  when the lithium or lithium metal battery remains in such device and  is
     9  kept  within  the  passenger  cabin.  No  device containing a lithium or
    10  lithium metal battery shall be stored within the cargo hold or any other
    11  area of the aircraft.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08068-01-7

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