Assembly Actions -
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Mar 18, 2014 |
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Senate Bill S6839
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S6839 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9453
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Ren §69-h to be §69-i, add §69-h, amd §69-i, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S1957, A3265
2017-2018: A217
2013-S6839 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6839 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to regulating the purchase and sale of railroad materials as scrap metal PURPOSE: To prohibit the illegal sale or purchase of metallic railroad materials as scrap. SUMMERY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 prohibits the illegal sale or purchase of railroad materials as scrap by scrap processing facilities. Section 2 allows for penalties for violations of this article. Section 3 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Discouraging the theft of railroad materials is essential to keeping our state's rail system safe for passenger and freight movement. In 2011, New York State enacted a law that updated and strengthened the state's trespassing laws as they relate to railroad property. This was done in part to discourage trespassers from coming onto railroad property for the purpose of stealing track materials to sell as scrap, including metal rails and spikes that hold the tracks together. Such thefts can cause very dangerous situations and can potentially result in train derailments.
2013-S6839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6839 I N S E N A T E March 18, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to regulating the purchase and sale of railroad materials as scrap metal THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 69-h of the general business law is renumbered section 69-i and a new section 69-h is added to read as follows: S 69-H. PROHIBITION ON SALE AND PURCHASE OF CERTAIN ITEMS BEARING RAILROAD MARKINGS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGU- LATION TO THE CONTRARY, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR SCRAP PROCESSORS TO SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR PURCHASE AS SCRAP, ANY MATERIALS BEARING RAIL- ROAD MARKINGS, INCLUDING RAILROAD POWER AND SIGNAL EQUIPMENT, ROAD OR RAIL CROSSING SIGNALS, RAILROAD TRACK, RAILROAD SWITCH COMPONENTS, RAIL- ROAD SPIKES, ANGLE/JOINT BAR AS USED IN THE JOINTING OF RAILROAD TRACK, RAILROAD ANCHORS, AND/OR RAILROAD TIE PLATES OR BOLTS USED IN CONSTRUCT- ING A RAILROAD, UNLESS SUCH MATERIALS ARE OFFERED FOR SALE BY A COMMER- CIAL ENTERPRISE. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 69-i of the general business law, as added by chapter 431 of the laws of 1976 and as renumbered by section one of this act, is amended to read as follows: 1. Each violation of this article by a scrap processor shall be a violation subject to a fine of not more than [two hundred dollars] FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OFFENSE, AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A THIRD AND EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, unless such violation shall be wilful, in which event it shall be a misdemeanor except, however, the scrap processor shall not be liable for any violation of this article by a seller, his agent, or a purported seller or agent. S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14305-01-4
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