Bill Text: NY A01563 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires oil companies to clean up any spillage occurring during oil delivery within 24 hours and imposes a fine of $500 for the first offense with $1000 for each additional offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to economic development [A01563 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01563-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1563
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring oil
companies to clean up spillage occurring during a delivery
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
2 309 to read as follows:
3 S 309. OIL DELIVERY SPILLAGE. ANY SPILLAGE OCCURRING IN THE COURSE OF
4 OIL DELIVERY SHALL BE CLEANED UP BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY WITHIN
5 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. IF THE SPILL AFFECTS SOIL THE CLEAN UP SHALL INCLUDE
6 REPLACING THE AFFECTED SOIL WITH NEW SOIL. VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION
7 SHALL RESULT IN A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND
8 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL OFFENSE, NOT TO EXCEED TEN
9 THOUSAND DOLLARS PAYABLE BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05309-01-5
