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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1020
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to hazardous materials
emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion
batteries
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 156-a of the executive law, as
added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relat-
ing to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents
involving lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 8742 and A. 9337, is amended to read as follows:
3. Such specialized hazardous materials emergency response training
program curriculum shall also include guidance regarding emergency
response to incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. For the purposes
of this section, "lithium-ion battery" [means a storage battery in which
an electrical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon
graphite nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity carbo-
nate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte] SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING
AS IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
relating to hazardous materials emergency response training for inci-
dents involving lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 8742 and A. 9337, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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