Bill Text: NY A07901 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the secretary of state to prepare and distribute to cities, towns and villages a model comprehensive outdoor lighting ordinance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to local governments [A07901 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07901-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7901
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 20, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  prepara-
         tion  and distribution of a model comprehensive outdoor lighting ordi-
         nance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
    2  section 137 to read as follows:
    3    S 137. MODEL COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE.  THE  SECRETARY
    4  OF  STATE,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND
    5  DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTATION  AND  THE
    6  COMMISSIONER  OF GENERAL SERVICES, SHALL PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED
    7  AND DISTRIBUTED TO CITIES, TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES  A  MODEL  COMPREHENSIVE
    8  OUTDOOR  LIGHTING  ORDINANCE  FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAVING ENERGY, REDUCING
    9  UNNECESSARY GLARE AND REDUCING UNNECESSARY SKY GLOW.   FOR  PURPOSES  OF
   10  THIS  SECTION,  THE TERM "GLARE" SHALL MEAN LIGHT EMITTED BY A LUMINAIRE
   11  THAT CAUSES REDUCED VISIBILITY OR MOMENTARY BLINDNESS BY SHINING DIRECT-
   12  LY INTO THE EYES OF THE VIEWER; AND THE TERM "SKY GLOW" SHALL  MEAN  THE
   13  ILLUMINATION  OF  THE  NIGHTTIME  SKY  THAT  RESULTS FROM UPWARD SHINING
   14  LIGHT, WHICH IS REFLECTED OFF MOLECULES AND PARTICLES OF DIRT AND  MOIS-
   15  TURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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