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NY S02601

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/13/2017

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Lanza

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • New York City Department of Education must replace all lighting ballasts and fixtures in school buildings constructed or substantially renovated between 1950 and 1978
  • Schools are exempt from replacement requirements if their lighting ballasts and fixtures already use materials without polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
  • Each site must be tested for PCBs after replacement, with results posted on the Department of Education website within four days
  • Department of Education must coordinate financing and remediation with state agencies and the EPA, and search for federal and state funding sources
  • 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 law'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 CITIES

1/3/2018

Committee Referrals

Cities1/3/2018
Rules6/21/2017
Cities1/13/2017

Full Bill Text

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