Assembly Bill A979

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A979 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 20 §§20-0101 - 20-0113, En Con L; amd §44, Pub Serv L; amd §143, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7281
2011-2012: A1478
2013-2014: A751
2015-2016: A586
2017-2018: A3216
2021-2022: A1820
2023-2024: A588

2019-A979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting; sets standards for outdoor lighting; provides for the designation of dark-sky preserves; provides for distribution to customers by electric corporations or municipalities providing electric service of an informational pamphlet relating to outdoor lighting.

2019-A979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    979
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, LUPARDO,
   CAHILL, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  DINOWITZ,
   GALEF,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  ORTIZ  --  read  once  and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the  public  service
   law and the public buildings law, in relation to enacting the healthy,
   safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new article 20 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 20
          HEALTHY, SAFE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT OUTDOOR LIGHTING ACT
 SECTION 20-0101. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND POLICY.
         20-0103. SHORT TITLE.
         20-0105. DEFINITIONS.
         20-0107. DARK-SKY PRESERVES.
         20-0109. MODEL COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE.
         20-0111. INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET.
         20-0113. APPLICABILITY.
 § 20-0101. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND POLICY.
   THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS THAT CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING IS
 NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY,  ENERGY  SECURITY,  ENVIRONMENT
 AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
   UNTIL  THE  END  OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WANING DAYLIGHT BROUGHT AN
 END TO MANY OF MANKIND'S ACTIVITIES.  THIS  BEGAN  TO  CHANGE  WITH  THE
 INTRODUCTION  OF  INCANDESCENT  LAMPS,  WHICH DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE
 RANGE OF PURSUITS POSSIBLE AFTER DARK. CIVIC, SOCIAL,  CULTURAL,  EDUCA-
 TIONAL, AND COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS NOW GO FORWARD WITH AN EASE AND FREEDOM
 UNIMAGINABLE  IN  EARLIER  TIMES.  AS  THE  SCIENCE OF LIGHTING EVOLVED,
 HOWEVER, TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS GRADUALLY OUTSTRIPPED THE BASIC REQUIRE-

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

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