Bill Text: NY S08195 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the task force on daylight saving time to study the effects of New York state opting out of daylight saving time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S08195 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08195-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8195--A
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 17, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT to establish a task force to study the effects of New York state
          opting out of daylight saving time
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. a. A task force, to be known as the task force on daylight
     2  saving time, is hereby established to study  the  effects  of  New  York
     3  state  opting  out  of  daylight  saving  time. Such task force shall be
     4  comprised of appropriate state agency personnel and experts in the field
     5  of daylight saving time.
     6    b. The task force shall be comprised of:
     7    (i) two members appointed by the governor;
     8    (ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
     9    (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    10    (iv) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
    11    (v) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
    12    c. The task force shall:
    13    (i) examine and evaluate the potential health  risks  associated  with
    14  daylight saving time, such as heart attack;
    15    (ii)  identify  the  potential  effects  of daylight saving on morning
    16  activities;
    17    (iii) establish whether the act of changing clocks  twice  a  year  is
    18  economically and/or socially disruptive;
    19    (iv) identify the potential effects of daylight saving time on traffic
    20  and crime;
    21    (v)  establish whether daylight saving time currently provides a bene-
    22  fit to this state;
    23    (vi) examine the history of daylight saving time;
    24    (vii) examine any relevant studies on daylight saving time;
    25    (ix) evaluate the positions and potential legislation from neighboring
    26  states and the federal government on daylight saving time;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (x) identify regulations that are affected by daylight saving time and
     2  that would be affected by the elimination of daylight saving time; and
     3    (xi)  make  recommendations  on  whether  this state should opt out or
     4  continue to utilize daylight saving time.
     5    d. Such task force shall submit a report, on or before April 1,  2019,
     6  to  the  governor  and  the legislature of its findings, conclusions and
     7  recommendations, and legislative and regulatory proposals deemed  neces-
     8  sary to implement such recommendations.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.