Bill Text: NY A10299 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10299 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the task force on daylight savings time to study the effects of New York state opting out of daylight savings time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-10 - referred to governmental operations [A10299 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10299-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          10299
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
        AN ACT to establish a task force to study the effects of New York  state
          opting out of daylight savings time
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. a. A task force, to be known as the task force on  daylight
     2  savings  time,  is  hereby  established to study the effects of New York
     3  state opting out of daylight savings time.  Such  task  force  shall  be
     4  comprised of appropriate state agency personnel and experts in the field
     5  of daylight savings time.
     6    b. The task force shall be comprised of:
     7    (i) two members appointed by the governor;
     8    (ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
     9    (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    10    (iv) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
    11    (v) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
    12    c. The task force shall:
    13    (i)  examine  and  evaluate the potential health risks associated with
    14  daylight savings time, such as heart attack;
    15    (ii) identify the potential effects of  daylight  savings  on  morning
    16  activities;
    17    (iii)  establish  whether  the  act of changing clocks twice a year is
    18  economically and/or socially disruptive;
    19    (iv) identify the potential effects of daylight savings time on  traf-
    20  fic and crime;
    21    (v) establish whether daylight savings time currently provides a bene-
    22  fit to this state; and
    23    (vi)  make  recommendations  on  whether  this state should opt out or
    24  continue to utilize daylight savings time.
    25    d. Such task force shall submit a report, on or before April 1,  2019,
    26  to  the  governor  and  the legislature of its findings, conclusions and
    27  recommendations, and legislative and regulatory proposals deemed  neces-
    28  sary to implement such recommendations.
    29    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15233-01-8