What's happening
Writing a plain-English summary… Track this bill to get it by email.
Why it matters
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Signed chap.275
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.121
- Substituted for A1308
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.350
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Extends the moratorium on the issuance of environmental safety certificates for facilities and routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Michael Cusick
Full text
The text isn't available here yet. Check nysenate.gov.
Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2543
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 395 of the laws of 1978, relating to moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas, in relation to extending the effectiveness of the provisions of such chapter
Purpose or general idea of bill
Extends effectiveness of Chapter 395 of the Laws of 1978 relating to moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes to transport liquefied natural or petroleum gas in cities with a population of one million or more until April 1, 2017.
Summary of specific provisions
This legislation would continue, until April 1, 2017, the current ban on the licensing of liquefied natural gas and petroleum facilities in cities with a population of one million or more in the interest of public safety.
Justification
The potential for a large-scale human catastrophe inherent in the storage of highly volatile, liquefied natural gas in densely populated areas makes it mandatory that governmental agencies, federal and state, exercise extreme caution in dealing with proposals for activation of LNG facilities.
Experiences such as the 1973 explosion in an empty LNG tank on Staten Island, in which 40 persons lost their lives, underline the potential for tragedy involved in the operation of such storage facilities.
The object of this bill is to assure a calm, deliberate and reasoned evaluation of such proposals and to assure the application of strict public safety standards.
Prior legislative history
2013: A.0216 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 27 2011: A.0108 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 10 2009: A.6914 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 84 2007: A.6319 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 31 2005: A.5475 (Lavelle) -- Passed Both Houses, Chapter 66 2003: A.5282 (Lavelle)-- Passed Both Houses; Chapter 33 2001: A.6816 (Vitaliano) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 18 1999: A.4856-B (Connelly) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 25 1997: A.1201-A (Connelly) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 235
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.