New York S 3659: Relates to age and service eligibility requirements for ordinary retirement for members of the unified court system

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S03659 Summary:

BILL NOS03659A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01053-A

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COMRIE, FAHY, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAYER, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §391-u, Gen Bus L

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Relates to the recall of a class B firefighting foam; prohibits the sale or distribution of firefighting personal protective equipment that contains intentionally added PFAS.

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BILL NOS03659A

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/20/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/20/2025PRINT NUMBER 3659A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3659--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the recall of
 class B firefighting foam and prohibiting the sale or distribution of
 firefighting personal protective equipment that contains intentionally
 added PFAS; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating
 thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 391-u of the
 2 general business law, as added by chapter 88 of the laws of 2020, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) A manufacturer that [produces, sells, or distributes] at any time
 5 manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or distributed for sale or use a
 6 class B firefighting foam prohibited under subdivision three of this
 7 section shall recall [the] such product[, which includes]. Such recall
 8 shall include collection, transport, treatment, storage and safe
 9 [disposal, after the implementation date of the restrictions set forth
 10 in subdivision three of this section and reimburse] destruction of PFAS
 11 chemicals through or by a method approved by the department of environ-
 12 mental conservation, and reimbursement of the retailer or any other
 13 purchaser for [the] such product.
 14 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 391-u of the general business law, as
 15 added by chapter 88 of the laws of 2020, is amended by adding a new
 16 paragraph (h) to read as follows:
 17 (h) "Intentionally added" shall have the same meaning as "inten-
 18 tionally added chemical" set forth in subdivision four of section
 19 37-0121 of the environmental conservation law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00714-07-5

 S. 3659--A 2

 1 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 391-u of the general
 2 business law, as amended by chapter 88 of the laws of 2020, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not
 5 apply to the manufacture, sale, or distribution of class B firefighting
 6 foam:
 7 (1) For use in suppressing or preventing an ignitable liquid fire
 8 where the office of fire prevention and control, in consultation with
 9 the department of environmental conservation and the department of
 10 health, through promulgation of a rule, exempts a use of class B fire-
 11 fighting foam on the basis that an alternative firefighting agent to
 12 which PFAS chemicals have not been intentionally added and that is
 13 effective in suppressing or preventing an ignitable liquid fire is not
 14 available. If the office of fire prevention and control exempts a use of
 15 class B firefighting foam from the restrictions in paragraph (a) of this
 16 subdivision, it shall re-evaluate available alternative firefighting
 17 agents at least every two years as long as the exemption remains in
 18 place, and repeal such exemption upon a finding that an alternative
 19 firefighting agent to which PFAS chemicals have not been intentionally
 20 added is available that is effective in suppressi