Bill Text: NY A01563 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1563 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires oil companies to clean up any spillage occurring during oil delivery within 24 hours and imposes a fine of $500 for the first offense with $1000 for each additional offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to economic development [A01563 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1563
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Economic Development
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  oil
         companies to clean up spillage occurring during a 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    S 309. OIL DELIVERY SPILLAGE. ANY SPILLAGE OCCURRING IN THE COURSE  OF
    4  OIL  DELIVERY  SHALL  BE  CLEANED  UP BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY WITHIN
    5  TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.  IF THE SPILL AFFECTS SOIL THE CLEAN UP SHALL INCLUDE
    6  REPLACING THE AFFECTED SOIL WITH NEW SOIL.   VIOLATION OF  THIS  SECTION
    7  SHALL RESULT IN A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND
    8  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  ADDITIONAL OFFENSE, NOT TO EXCEED TEN
    9  THOUSAND DOLLARS PAYABLE BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   11  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05309-01-5