Bill Text: NY A08831 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the release of balloons except for scientific purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A08831 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08831-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8831

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 25, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          prohibiting the release of balloons

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 11-0331 to read as follows:
     3  § 11-0331. Release of balloons prohibited.
     4    1. No person shall knowingly or intentionally cause any balloon to  be
     5  released  outdoors.  For purposes of this section, "balloon" shall refer
     6  to a flexible, nonporous bag made of materials such  as  rubber,  latex,
     7  polychloroprene  or nylon fabric that contains helium, hydrogen, nitrous
     8  oxide, oxygen, air or water.
     9    2. This section shall not apply to:
    10    (a) balloons which are used for the  purpose  of  carrying  scientific
    11  instrumentation  during the performance of an experiment or test or by a
    12  person on behalf of a governmental agency or pursuant to a  governmental
    13  contract for scientific or meteorological purposes; or
    14    (b) manned hot air balloons.
    15    §  2. Section 71-0923 of the environmental conservation law is amended
    16  by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    17    13. A violation of section 11-0331 of this chapter is punishable by  a
    18  fine  not  to  exceed  one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for fifteen
    19  days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13738-01-9
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