New York S 1626: Relates to establishing a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities

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S01626 Summary:

BILL NOS01626 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02323

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §19-0301, En Con L

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Prohibits the DEC from restricting the burning of garbage, refuse or rubbish in an open fire on land possessed by a single family or any part of a farm under certain circumstances; provides for the repeal of such provisions under the expiration thereof.

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BILL NOS01626 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1626

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 burning of garbage, refuse or rubbish in an open fire; and providing
 for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 19-0301 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. a. The department is prohibited from adopting any code, rule, regu-
 4 lation or standard that would restrict the burning of garbage, refuse or
 5 rubbish, as defined in this section, in an open fire on land possessed
 6 by a single family, a member of which is the owner, occupant or lessee
 7 of said land, or any part of a farm on which only animal or vegetable
 8 waste resulting from the operation of such farm is deposited.
 9 b. This subdivision shall not apply to any city or village, or any
 10 town with a total town population, including incorporated or unincorpo-
 11 rated areas, of greater than twenty thousand persons.
 12 c. For the purposes of this subdivision the following definitions
 13 shall apply:
 14 (1) "Open fire" shall mean any outdoor fire or outdoor smoke producing
 15 process from which air contaminants are emitted directly into the
 16 outdoor atmosphere.
 17 (2) "Garbage" shall mean the animal and vegetable waste resulting from
 18 the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
 19 (3) "Refuse" shall mean all waste material, including but not limited
 20 to, incinerator residue, street sweepings, dead animals and offal.
 21 (4) "Rubbish" shall mean solid or liquid waste material, including but
 22 not limited to, paper and paper products, rags, trees or leaves, needles
 23 and branches from trees, vines, lawn and garden debris, furniture, wood,
 24 and sawdust.
 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on Decem-
 26 ber 15, 2029 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
 27 deemed repealed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01781-01-5

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