Bill Text: NY S02132 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers between May 1st and September 30th.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02132 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02132-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2132

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MYRIE -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
          use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers during certain months

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

     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  1300-d to read as follows:
     3    § 1300-d. Gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers. No person shall operate a
     4  gas-powered  leaf  and lawn blower for any purpose between May first and
     5  September thirtieth. Any person who  violates  the  provisions  of  this
     6  section  shall  be  subject to a civil fine of not more than one hundred
     7  dollars.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect May 1, 2025.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01028-01-3