Bill Text: NY A04959 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends the moratorium on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-03 - signed chap.48 [A04959 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04959-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4959
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUSICK, MALLIOTAKIS, COLTON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend chapter 395 of the laws of 1978, relating to moratoriums
          on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting
          of facilities and certification of routes for  the  transportation  of
          liquefied  natural  or  petroleum  gas,  in  relation to extending the
          effectiveness of the provisions of such chapter
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 6 of chapter 395 of the laws of 1978, relating to
     2  moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety  for
     3  the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transporta-
     4  tion of liquefied natural or petroleum gas, as amended by chapter 188 of
     5  the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     6    §  6.  This act shall take effect immediately and remain in full force
     7  and effect only to and including April 1, 1999  provided,  however  that
     8  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall remain in full force and effect in
     9  cities with a population of one million or more until  April  1,  [2019]
    10  2021.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09415-01-9
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