Bill Text: NY A02935 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires solar panels on installed light fixtures on all lands, including state parks and parkways, under the jurisdiction of the office.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A02935 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02935-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         2935--A
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ, ROMEO, COLTON, SIMON, GRIFFIN, D'URSO,
          ORTIZ  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks,
          Arts and Sports Development --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to requiring solar panels on installed light fixtures
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new section 13.08 to read as follows:
     3    § 13.08 Requirement of solar panels on light fixtures.    1.  Notwith-
     4  standing  any  other  provision  of  law, the office shall require solar
     5  panels on any light fixtures installed on  all  lands,  including  state
     6  parks and parkways, under the jurisdiction of the office.
     7    2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
     8    (a)  Light fixtures that have a historic design that the office deter-
     9  mines shall be unduly burdened by solar panels; and
    10    (b) Light fixtures that the office determines don't  receive  adequate
    11  sunlight, including but not limited to tunnels and underpasses.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03979-02-9
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