Bill Text: NY S08176 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the accessibility of ring life buoys on piers in the canal system which comply with certain US Coast Guard standards.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-12 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08176 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08176-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8176
                    IN SENATE
                                     August 12, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sens. VALESKY, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation to requiring the  accessibil-
          ity of ring life buoys on piers in the canal system
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  "Aaron's Law".
     3    §  2.  The canal law is amended by adding a new section 135 to read as
     4  follows:
     5    § 135. Life buoys required on all piers, wharfs, locks and docks.   1.
     6  On  each  pier,  wharf,  lock and dock, as defined in section two of the
     7  navigation law, in the canal system, the  corporation  must  locate  one
     8  ring life buoy on each side of the pier, wharf, lock and dock as well as
     9  one  near each external stairway leading to water.  One buoy per side of
    10  the pier may be used to satisfy both of these requirements.
    11    2. Each ring life buoy must be stowed on or in a rack that is  readily
    12  accessible  in  an emergency. The ring life buoy must not be permanently
    13  secured in any way to the rack or the pier.
    14    3. Ring life buoys must meet the following qualifications:
    15    (a) The ring life buoy shall be approved under approval series 160.050
    16  or 160.150 for SOLAS-approved equipment or successor standards issued by
    17  the United States Coast Guard.
    18    (b) Each ring life buoy shall have a  floating  electric  water  light
    19  approved  under  approval  series  161.010. The corporation shall ensure
    20  that the light to the ring  life  buoy  is  attached  by  a  lanyard  of
    21  12-thread  manila,  or  synthetic  rope of equivalent strength, not less
    22  than three feet nor more than six feet in  length.  The  light  must  be
    23  mounted  on a bracket near the ring life buoy so that when the ring life
    24  buoy is cast loose the light will be pulled free of the bracket.
    25    (c) To each ring life buoy, there shall be attached a buoyant line  of
    26  at  least  one  hundred  feet  in length, with a breaking strength of at
    27  least five kilonewtons force. The end of the line must not be secured to
    28  the pier.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (d) Each ring life buoy shall be marked with Type II reflective  mate-
     2  rial, approved under approval series 164.018.
     3    4.  The  corporation  may  promulgate  rules and regulations as to the
     4  applicability and placement of ring life buoys in locations on the canal
     5  system not covered in this section.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     7  it shall have become a law.