New York S 6831: Establishes an authorized absence from work for certain emergency services volunteers

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S06831 Summary:

BILL NOS06831A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08666-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRFAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §181, Nav L

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Requires the owner or operator of a vessel to establish and maintain with the department evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the amount of liability.

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BILL NOS06831A

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/02/20251ST REPORT CAL.623

04/03/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/07/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/09/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/09/2026PRINT NUMBER 6831A

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.536

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/18/2026PASSED SENATE

03/18/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/18/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6831--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
 vation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to financial responsi-
 bility for the liability of a major facility or vessel

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 181 of the navi-
 2 gation law, as amended by chapter 584 of the laws of 1992 and subpara-
 3 graphs (ii) and (iii) as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 1992 and
 4 as further amended by section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of
 5 2011, is amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
 6 (e) (i) The owner or operator of a vessel shall establish and maintain
 7 with the department evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to
 8 meet the amount of liability established pursuant to paragraph (a) of
 9 this subdivision. A person may not cause or permit the operation of a
 10 vessel in the state until the person has furnished to the department,
 11 and the department has approved such evidence. The owner or operator of
 12 any vessel which demonstrates financial responsibility pursuant to the
 13 requirements of the Federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
 14 seq.), shall be deemed to have demonstrated financial responsibility in
 15 accordance with this paragraph.
 16 (ii) The commissioner in consultation with the superintendent of
 17 financial services may promulgate regulations requiring the owner or
 18 operator of a major facility other than a vessel to establish and main-
 19 tain evidence of financial responsibility in an amount not to exceed
 20 twenty-five dollars plus an annual inflation adjustment, determined by
 21 the commissioner from the increase in the consumer price index in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11301-02-5

 S. 6831--A 2

 1 one-year period ending on the March thirty-first prior to such inflation
 2 adjustment effective on the ensuing September first, per incident, for
 3 each barrel of total petroleum storage capacity at the facility, subject
 4 to a maximum of one million dollars per incident per facility in an
 5 aggregate not to exceed two million dollars plus an annual inflation
 6 adjustment, determined by the commissioner from the increase in the
 7 consumer price index in the one-year period ending on the March thirty-
 8 first prior to such inflation adjustment effective on the ensuing
 9 September first, per facility per year; provided, however, that if the
 10 owner or operator establishes to the satisfaction of the commissioner
 11 that a le