Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Feb 08, 2023 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A4006
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GLICK
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2023-A4006 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S605
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §11-0331, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S7094
2019-2020: A4754, S2320
2021-2022: A3021, S2812
2025-2026: S75
2023-A4006 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4006 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the release of certain balloons 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 section 11-0331 to read as follows: § 11-0331. RELEASE OF CERTAIN BALLOONS PROHIBITED. 1. NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY RELEASE OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSE TO BE RELEASED OUTDOORS ANY BALLOON CONSTRUCTED OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND FILLED WITH HELIUM OR A GAS LIGHTER THAN AIR. 2. NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY RELEASE OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSE TO BE RELEASED OUTDOORS, WITHIN A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIOD, TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE BALLOONS CONSTRUCTED OF NON-ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND FILLED WITH HELIUM OR A GAS LIGHTER THAN AIR. 3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO: (A) BALLOONS WHICH ARE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN EXPERIMENT OR TEST OR BY A PERSON ON BEHALF OF A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PURSUANT TO A GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACT FOR SCIENTIFIC OR METEOROLOGICAL PURPOSES; OR (B) MANNED HOT AIR BALLOONS. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06968-01-3
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