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NY S04631
Bill
Status
6/15/2015
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Lanza
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AI Summary
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NYC Department of Education must replace all lighting ballasts and fixtures in school buildings constructed or substantially renovated between 1950 and 1978.
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Each school site must be tested for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) following replacement, with results posted on the Department of Education website within four days of receiving test results.
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School buildings are exempt from replacement requirements if lighting ballasts and fixtures have already been replaced with PCB-free materials.
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Department of Education must coordinate financing and remediation with state agencies and the EPA, and search for federal and state funding for the replacement work.
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State Education Department must establish regulations requiring 50 percent of replacement work completed within one year and all work completed within two years of the act's effective date.
Legislative Description
Requires the replacement of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in buildings in New York City constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools; exempts buildings that have replaced lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures not containing PCB's; requires the testing of each area post-replacement for the presence of PCB's; requires the posting of test results on the NYC department of education website; authorizes the NYC department of education to seek state and federal funding to accomplish the required replacement; requires the promulgation of regulations by the state department of education.
Last Action
referred to education
5/23/2016