NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7080

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2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: General Construction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §52, Gen Con L; amd §2-106, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1876
2023-2024: S2787

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to causing New York to observe Atlantic time.

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7080

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to observing Atlantic time

 
PURPOSE:

To move New York state to Atlantic Standard Time, which would mean later
sunsets in the winter.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Directs the secretary of state to develop and submit an
application to the federal government requesting that New York observe
Atlantic Standard Time. This section of the law would only take effect
if Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania pass similar legislation
regarding a switch to Atlantic Standard Time.

Section 2: Makes technical changes to Section 52 of the General
Construction Law to bring it into compliance with existing federal law.

Section 3: Makes technical changes to Section 2-106 of the Administra-
tive Code of the City of New York to bring it into compliance with
existing federal law.

Section 4: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The seasonal switch back and forth from daylight saving time causes
productivity losses and leads to an increased risk of car accidents,
health complications, and other damaging consequences. This switch is
compounded by New York's position in the Eastern Standard Time Zone.  If
the state switched to Atlantic Standard Time, sunsets would be an hour
later each day, a change would be especially helpful in the winter, when
the sun would no longer set before 5pm. Unlike a shift to permanent
daylight saving time, which must be approved by an act of Congress, a
shift to a different time zone can be approved through a regulatory
process by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one will
only take effect upon the enactment into law by the states of Connecti-
cut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania of legislation having an identical
effect with this act and sections two and three will only take effect if
the federal government approves the application to switch to Atlantic
Standard Time referenced in section one.

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7080
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
   of the city of New York, in relation to observing Atlantic time
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The secretary of state shall develop and submit an applica-
 tion  to  the  federal  government requesting that the state observe the
 Atlantic Time Zone.
   § 2. Section 52 of the general construction law, as amended by chapter
 377 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read as follows:
   § 52. Time, standard. 1. The standard time throughout  this  state  is
 that  of  the  [seventy-fifth]  SIXTIETH meridian of longitude west from
 Greenwich, except as hereinafter provided, and  all  courts  and  public
 officers,  and legal and official proceedings, shall be regulated there-
 by.
   2. At two o'clock ante meridian on the [last] SECOND Sunday in [April]
 MARCH of each year the standard time  throughout  this  state  shall  be
 advanced  one hour from that of the [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH meridian of
 longitude west from Greenwich, and the time so advanced  shall  continue
 to  be standard time throughout this state until the [last] FIRST Sunday
 in [October] NOVEMBER of the same year, when such standard time,  as  so
 advanced,  shall  be  retarded  to  that of the [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH
 meridian west from Greenwich; and during such period in  each  year  all
 courts and public officers, and legal and official proceedings, shall be
 regulated in accordance therewith.
   §  3. Section 2-106 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 2-106 Daylight saving time; effect thereof  on  public  proceedings.
 The standard time throughout the city of New York is that of the [seven-
 ty-fifth]  SIXTIETH  meridian  of  longitude west from Greenwich, except
 that at two o'clock ante-meridian of the [last] SECOND Sunday in [April]
 MARCH of each year such standard  time  throughout  the  city  shall  be

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14445-02-9

 S. 7080                             2
 
 advanced  one hour, and at two o'clock ante-meridian of the [last] FIRST
 Sunday in [October] NOVEMBER of each year, such standard time shall,  by
 the  retarding of one hour, be returned to the mean astronomical time of
 the  [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH meridian of longitude west from Greenwich,
 and all courts, public offices and legal and official proceedings  shall
 be regulated thereby.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section one of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by
 the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania  of  legislation
 having an identical effect with this act, but if the states of Connecti-
 cut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legis-
 lation,  section one of this act shall take effect immediately; provided
 further, however, that sections two and three of  this  act  shall  take
 effect at two o'clock ante meridian on the first Sunday of November next
 succeeding  the  approval  of an application by the state to the federal
 government requesting that the state observe  the  Atlantic  Time  Zone;
 provided  that  the secretary of state shall notify the legislative bill
 drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of  the  legis-
 lation  provided  for in section one of this act and upon the occurrence
 of the approval of the application to the federal government  requesting
 that  the state observe the Atlantic Time Zone in order that the commis-
 sion may maintain an accurate and timely  effective  data  base  of  the
 official  text  of  the  laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the  legislative  law  and
 section 70-b of the public officers law.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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James Skoufis

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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