NY State Senate Bill 2015-S4714

Senate Bill S4714

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting

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2015-S4714 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A586
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 20 §§20-0101 - 20-0113, En Con L; amd §44, Pub Serv L; amd §143, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A7281
2011-2012: A1478
2013-2014: A751
2017-2018: A3216
2019-2020: A979
2021-2022: A1820
2023-2024: A588

2015-S4714 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting; sets standards for outdoor lighting; provides for the designation of dark-sky preserves; provides for distribution to customers by electric corporations or municipalities providing electric service of an informational pamphlet relating to outdoor lighting.

2015-S4714 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4714

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law,
the public service law and the public buildings law, in relation to
enacting the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act

PURPOSE:

This bill provides for the management of outdoor night lighting to
protect the nighttime environment, enhance safety and security, and
conserve energy.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new Article 20 to the environmental conservation law,
the Healthy, Safe and Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Act. Article
20 includes sections 20-0101 setting out legislative findings, section
20-0103 stating a short title, section 20-0105 defining terms, section
20-0107 on dark-sky preserves, section 20-0109 requiring the
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in consultation with
the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to
develop and distribute a model comprehensive outdoor lighting
ordinance, section 20-111 on requiring the DEC, in consultation with
NYSERDA, to develop and distribute a pamphlet promoting the bill's
goals of energy conservation and more effective night lighting and
describing how the provisions of this bill will achieve them, and

section 20-0113 on applicability.

Section 2 directs the Public Service Commission to require that every
electric corporation or municipality providing electric service
include the educational pamphlets in its bills to customers.

Section 3 and 4 amends the Public Buildings Law to clarify the
provisions on outdoor lighting on State buildings.

Section 5 requires the commissioner of the DEC and NYSERDA to set
fixture efficiency standard and to report to the Legislature on new
research and technologies that could affect the implementation of
outdoor lighting on public buildings.

Section 6 sets out the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is intended to limit excessive outdoor illumination.
Excessive illumination wastes energy, intrudes on the privacy of
others, creates glare which reduces the effect of lighting,
deteriorates the natural nighttime environment, and reduces the
ability for astronomical observation.

Outdoor lighting is used to illuminate roadways, parking lots, yards,
sidewalks, public meeting areas, signs, work sites and buildings.
When well designed, it improves visibility, adds an element of safety
and creates a sense of security, while at the same time minimizing
energy use and operating costs. If, however, it is not well designed
it can be costly, inefficient, counterproductive, and harmful to the
nighttime environment.


Much of the outdoor lighting in use today wastes energy because it is
poorly designed. This waste results in both higher costs for providing
such lighting and increased pollution from the power plants that
produce the wasted electricity. It is conservatively estimated that $3
to $4.5 billion a year is wasted in the United States in the
unintended lighting of the sky rather than the streets, walkways, and
outdoor public spaces which the light was intended to illuminate.

In addition to wasting energy, poorly designed lighting often causes
blinding glare. glare occurs when you see light directly from a
fixture or bulb. The glare from poorly designed or positioned lighting
hampers the vision of drivers and pedestrians, reducing its
effectiveness and creating a hazard rather than increasing safety. It
shines onto neighboring properties and into nearby residences,
reducing privacy, hindering sleep, and diminishing the beauty of the
natural surroundings in areas far removed from the source of such
lighting. A large portion of such lighting shines directly upward,
creating the sky glow above population centers, adversely affecting
the view of the night sky. In addition to lowering the cost of outdoor
lighting, limiting sky glow will allow future generations to enjoy the
beauty of the stars, and to study and learn from, or simply marvel at,
the wonders of the night sky.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: S.4224 Environmental Conservation/A.751 Rules
2011-12: S. 4105-A Environmental Conservation/A. 1478 Ways and Means
2009-10: S. 858 Environmental Conservation
2007-08: S. 4364-A Rules/A. 7438-A Passed Assembly
2005-06: S.4474 Rules/A. 7404 Passed Assembly
2003-04: S. 3003-D Rules/A. 6950-D Passed Assembly

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date upon which it shall have become law; provided, however, that if
chapter 512 of the laws of 2014 shall not have taken effect on or
before such date then sections three, four and five of this act shall
take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such chapter of
the laws of 2014 takes effect; provided further, however, that
effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation or development of any standards necessary for the
implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be
made and completed or before such effective date; and provided further
that on and after the date on which this act shall have become a law
every state agency and public corporation shall comply with the
changes to section 143 of the public buildings law as amended by
sections three, four and five of this act, but provided further that
this act shall not apply to projects for the installation or
replacement of permanent outdoor fixtures which have already received
final design approval prior to the effective date of this act.

2015-S4714 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4714

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
  vation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the  public  service
  law and the public buildings law, in relation to enacting the healthy,
  safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new article 20 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 20
         HEALTHY, SAFE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT OUTDOOR LIGHTING ACT
SECTION 20-0101. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND POLICY.
        20-0103. SHORT TITLE.
        20-0105. DEFINITIONS.
        20-0107. DARK-SKY PRESERVES.
        20-0109. MODEL COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE.
        20-0111. INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET.
        20-0113. APPLICABILITY.
S 20-0101. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND POLICY.
  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS THAT CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING IS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY,  ENERGY  SECURITY,  ENVIRONMENT
AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
  UNTIL  THE  END  OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WANING DAYLIGHT BROUGHT AN
END TO MANY OF MANKIND'S ACTIVITIES.  THIS  BEGAN  TO  CHANGE  WITH  THE
INTRODUCTION  OF  INCANDESCENT  LAMPS,  WHICH DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE
RANGE OF PURSUITS POSSIBLE AFTER DARK. CIVIC, SOCIAL,  CULTURAL,  EDUCA-
TIONAL, AND COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS NOW GO FORWARD WITH AN EASE AND FREEDOM
UNIMAGINABLE  IN  EARLIER  TIMES.  AS  THE  SCIENCE OF LIGHTING EVOLVED,
HOWEVER, TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS GRADUALLY OUTSTRIPPED THE BASIC REQUIRE-
MENT OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE ILLUMINATION FOR THE TASK AT HAND.  AT  LEAST

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04030-03-5

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IN  THE  CASE OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING, THERE IS NOW GROWING RECOGNITION THAT
THE CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT ALTOGETHER BENIGN.
  INCREASING  SCIENTIFIC  AND  EXPERIENTIAL  EVIDENCE  DEMONSTRATES THAT
MISDIRECTED, UNSHIELDED, EXCESSIVE OR UNNECESSARY OUTDOOR NIGHT LIGHTING
HAS MAJOR DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS. ENERGY IS  WASTED  WHEN  ILLUMINATION  IS
USED EXCESSIVELY AND INEFFICIENTLY, CAUSING UNNECESSARY HEALTH-THREATEN-
ING  EMISSIONS FROM BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS. SUCH EMISSIONS ALSO POLLUTE
THE STATE'S WATERS AND CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING.
  BECAUSE THE HUMAN EYE AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTS TO THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT  IN
VIEW,  THE  GLARE FROM UNSHIELDED OR EXCESSIVELY BRIGHT OUTDOOR LIGHTING
CAN ACTUALLY INTERFERE WITH THE CLEAR PERCEPTION  OF  OTHER  OBJECTS  IN
ONE'S FIELD OF VISION.
  INAPPROPRIATE  USE  OF  OUTDOOR LIGHTING CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INTERFERING WITH NORMAL PATTERNS  OF  ACTIVITY,
BEHAVIOR  AND  PHYSIOLOGY  OF FLORA AND FAUNA. RECENT RESEARCH HAS INDI-
CATED THAT EXPOSURE TO LIGHT AT NIGHT CAN UPSET NORMAL  HUMAN  CIRCADIAN
RHYTHMS,  THEREBY DISRUPTING HORMONE SECRETIONS AND WEAKENING THE BODY'S
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
  IN ADDITION, SKY GLOW FROM UNSHIELDED AND UNNECESSARY OUTDOOR LIGHTING
THWARTS THE AGES-OLD HUMAN YEARNING TO GAZE AT, LEARN FROM AND ENJOY THE
WONDERS OF THE NIGHT SKY.
  THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS THAT COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS AND  PRACTICES
EXIST  THROUGH  APPROPRIATE  USE  OF  FIXTURES TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NIGHT
LIGHTING WHEN NEEDED THAT IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE BUT CAUSES MINIMAL LIGHT
TRESPASS, GLARE, AND SKY GLOW. THESE MEANS AND  PRACTICES  ARE  POSSIBLE
WITH  INCREASED  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  THROUGH EDUCATION AND PRUDENT PUBLIC
ACTION AS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE.
  THEREFORE, IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE TO BEGIN  LIMITING  LIGHT
POLLUTION  IN THE STATE IN A COST-EFFECTIVE AND SOCIALLY FEASIBLE MANNER
IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
S 20-0103. SHORT TITLE.
  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE "HEALTHY, SAFE AND
ENERGY EFFICIENT OUTDOOR LIGHTING ACT".
S 20-0105. DEFINITIONS.
  AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
  1. "FIXTURE" MEANS A COMPLETE LIGHTING UNIT, INCLUDING A LAMP TOGETHER
WITH THE PARTS DESIGNED TO DISTRIBUTE THE LIGHT, TO POSITION AND PROTECT
THE LAMP, AND TO CONNECT THE LAMP TO THE POWER SUPPLY.
  2. "GLARE" MEANS LIGHT EMITTED BY A FIXTURE THAT CAUSES DISCOMFORT  OR
REDUCED VISIBILITY OR MOMENTARY BLINDNESS.
  3.  "LAMP"  MEANS  A  LIGHT  BULB OR OTHER COMPONENT OF A FIXTURE THAT
CHANGES ELECTRICITY INTO VISIBLE LIGHT.
  4. "LIGHT POLLUTION" MEAN  ANY  ADVERSE  EFFECT  OF  OUTDOOR  LIGHTING
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GLARE AND SKY GLOW.
  5.  "LUMEN"  MEANS  A  STANDARD UNIT OF MEASUREMENT OF THE QUANTITY OF
LIGHT EMITTED FROM A LAMP, AS DISTINCT FROM "WATT", A MEASURE  OF  POWER
CONSUMPTION.
  6. "SKY GLOW" MEANS THE ILLUMINATION OF THE NIGHTTIME SKY THAT RESULTS
FROM  UPWARD  SHINING LIGHT, WHICH IS REFLECTED OFF MOLECULES AND PARTI-
CLES OF DIRT AND MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
S 20-0107. DARK-SKY PRESERVES.
  1. THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED STATE  AGENCIES  AND
LOCAL  AUTHORITIES  MAY  IDENTIFY  AND  NOMINATE AS "DARK-SKY PRESERVES"
AREAS OF THE STATE WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR ASTRONOMICAL OBSER-
VATIONS AND/OR WHICH PROVIDE, DUE TO THEIR DARKNESS, NOCTURNAL  BENEFITS

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TO FLORA AND FAUNA, OR TO CITIZENS DESIRING VIEWS OF UNPOLLUTED OR RELA-
TIVELY UNPOLLUTED NIGHT SKIES.
  2.  WITHIN  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS  OF  THE NOMINATION OF THE FIRST DARK-SKY
PRESERVE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR  AND
LEGISLATURE  FOR  REVIEW  AND APPROVAL A PROPOSED PLAN TO PRESERVE THESE
AREAS AS NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO PROTECT ASTRONOMICAL  OBSERVATIONS
AND/OR FLORA AND FAUNA.
S 20-0109. MODEL COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE.
  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  NEW YORK STATE ENERGY
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE  AND  THE
COMMISSIONERS  OF  TRANSPORTATION  AND  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES,
SHALL PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED TO  CITIES,  TOWNS
AND  VILLAGES  A  MODEL COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SAVING ENERGY, REDUCING UNNECESSARY GLARE AND REDUCING UNNEC-
ESSARY SKY GLOW.
S 20-0111. INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET.
  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  ENERGY
RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY  AND  GIVING  CONSIDERATION TO THE
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES ADOPTED BY THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF
NORTH AMERICA, SHALL DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE TO  EVERY  MUNICIPALITY  AND
EVERY ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE IN
THIS STATE A PAMPHLET CONTAINING INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ARTICLE WITH RESPECT TO OUTDOOR LIGHTING.
S 20-0113. APPLICABILITY.
  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE ARE CUMULATIVE AND SUPPLEMENTAL AND
SHALL NOT APPLY WITHIN ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY THAT, BY ORDINANCE  OR
RESOLUTION,  HAS ADOPTED PROVISIONS RESTRICTING LIGHT POLLUTION THAT ARE
AS, OR MORE, STRINGENT THAN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding  a  new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6.  THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EVERY ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR MUNICI-
PALITY PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO SEND TO EACH CUSTOMER IN ITS  BILLS
A COPY OF THE INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET RELATING TO OUTDOOR LIGHTING DEVEL-
OPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
20-0113  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW. THE COMMISSION SHALL
COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION  TO  ENSURE
THAT  EVERY  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  AND  MUNICIPALITY PROVIDING ELECTRIC
SERVICE SHALL RECEIVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SUCH PAMPHLETS SUITABLE  FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO ITS CUSTOMERS IN THEIR UTILITY BILLS.
  S 3. Paragraphs e, i and o of subdivision 1, and paragraph e of subdi-
vision 2 of section 143 of the public buildings law, as added by chapter
512  of the laws of 2014, are amended and two new paragraphs q and r are
added to subdivision 1 to read as follows:
  e. "Glare" means light emitted by a fixture that causes discomfort  or
reduced visibility OR MOMENTARY BLINDNESS.
  i.  "Lumen"  means  a  standard unit of measurement of the quantity of
light emitted from a lamp AS DISTINCT FROM "WATT", A  MEASURE  OF  POWER
CONSUMPTION.
  o.  "Sky  glow" means [a condition caused by light directed upwards or
sideways reducing one's ability to view the night sky] THE  ILLUMINATION
OF  THE  NIGHTTIME  SKY THAT RESULTS FROM UPWARD SHINING LIGHT, WHICH IS
REFLECTED OFF MOLECULES AND PARTICLES OF  DIRECT  AND  MOISTURE  IN  THE
ATMOSPHERE.
  Q.  "CONTINUOUS  ROADWAY  LIGHTING  DESIGN" MEANS A LIGHTING PLAN THAT
ESTIMATES LIGHT ON A ROADWAY FROM CALCULATIONS UTILIZING FACTORS INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTICULAR FIXTURE, MOUNTING HEIGHT, OR  POLE

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SPACING,  IN  ORDER  TO  MEET  A SPECIFIED GOAL SUCH AS MINIMUM LIGHTING
LEVEL, UNIFORMITY, OR SMALL-TARGET VISIBILITY. LIGHTING PLACED  ONLY  AT
INTERSECTIONS  OR  OTHER  POTENTIALLY  HAZARDOUS  LOCATIONS SHALL NOT BE
CONSIDERED CONTINUOUS.
  R.  "LIGHT  POLLUTION"  MEANS  ANY  ADVERSE EFFECT OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GLARE AND SKY GLOW.
  e. For illumination by new permanent outdoor fixtures for applications
described in paragraph a, b, c or d of this  subdivision,  only  illumi-
nance  levels  that  are no greater than those required for the intended
purpose may be used, as established by the commissioner of the office of
general services in consultation with the department  of  transportation
and  the  New  York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and
given due consideration to lighting industry standards and practices AND
THAT MET THE FIXTURE EFFICIENCY AND  LAMP  LUMINOUS  EFFICACY  STANDARDS
DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
  S  4. Paragraphs g and h of subdivision 3 of section 143 of the public
buildings law, as added by chapter 512 of the laws of 2014, are  amended
and a new paragraph i is added to read as follows:
  g. to lighting intended for tunnels and roadway underpasses; [or]
  h. if the combined cost of acquiring and operating a fixture complying
with  paragraphs  a,  b  and  c of this subdivision is more than fifteen
percent greater than the cost  of  acquiring  and  operating  comparable
non-compliant  fixtures  over  the  life of the lighting system and if a
written determination with findings has  been  made  that  no  compliant
fixture exists that would meet the cost limitation[.]; OR
  I. THE FIXTURE IS A HISTORIC-STYLE DECORATIVE FIXTURE WHICH IS PART OF
A  CONTINUOUS  ROADWAY  LIGHTING  DESIGN  WHERE  THE  REPLACEMENT OF THE
FIXTURE PIECEMEAL WITH COMPLIANT FIXTURES WOULD UNACCEPTABLY DEGRADE THE
AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXISTING LIGHTING DESIGN.
  S 5. Section 143 of the public buildings law is amended by adding  two
new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as follows:
  5.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SHALL
DEVELOP FIXTURE EFFICIENCY AND  LAMP  LUMINOUS  EFFICACY  STANDARDS  FOR
LIGHTING  REGULATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION
"FIXTURE EFFICIENCY" SHALL MEAN THE PERCENTAGE OF LUMENS GENERATED BY  A
LAMP WHICH ACTUALLY LEAVE A FIXTURE; AND "LAMP LUMINOUS EFFICACY"  SHALL
MEAN  THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT GENERATED BY A LAMP/BALLAST SYSTEM (IN LUMENS)
DIVIDED BY THE POWER IT USES (IN WATTS). SUCH STANDARDS SHALL BE PROMUL-
GATED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  ARTICLE  AND  SHALL  TAKE
EFFECT ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE.
  6.  IN RECOGNITION OF THE ONGOING RESEARCH INTO AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIELD, THE DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRON-
MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,  SHALL  REPORT  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE
REGARDING  NEW  FINDINGS  FROM  RESEARCH  AND  NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAY
AFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH REPORTING MAY INCLUDE RECOM-
MENDED AMENDMENTS TO THIS  ARTICLE  TO  INCREASE  ITS  EFFECTIVENESS  IN
IMPLEMENTING  THE  PURPOSES  OF ACHIEVING HEALTHY, SAFE AND ENERGY EFFI-
CIENT OUTDOOR LIGHTING.
  S 6. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
that if chapter 512 of the laws of 2014 shall not have taken  effect  on
or before such date then sections three, four and five of this act shall
take  effect  on the same date and in the same manner as such chapter of
the laws of 2014 takes effect; provided further, however, that effective

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immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
lation  or development of any standards necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date; and provided further that on and after
the  date  on  which this act shall have become a law every state agency
and public corporation shall comply with the changes to section  143  of
the  public buildings law as amended by sections three, four and five of
this act, but provided further that this act shall not apply to projects
for the installation or replacement of permanent outdoor fixtures  which
have  already received final design approval prior to the effective date
of this act.

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