Bill Text: NY S07818 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to oil delivery; provides that every pipe and tank used for storage and delivery of home heating oil shall be marked with a unique identification number or a bar code; directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to prescribe such number.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-12 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07818 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07818-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7818
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to oil 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    §  309.  Oil delivery. 1. Every pipe and tank used for the storage and
     4  delivery of home heating oil shall be marked with a  unique  identifica-
     5  tion  number  or  bar code as prescribed by the commissioner of environ-
     6  mental conservation.
     7    2. Such number or bar code shall  serve  as  an  identifier  for  home
     8  delivery  companies  to  ensure  that  such companies are delivering the
     9  correct amount of home heating oil and to the correct home.
    10    3. The commissioner of environmental conservation may  promulgate  any
    11  other  rules  and  regulations  necessary to carry out the provisions of
    12  this section.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to
    14  all pipes and tanks newly installed or replaced on or after  the  effec-
    15  tive date of this act.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03463-01-5