S9922 • 2025

Relates to the distribution of road salt

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Sponsor: Jeremy Cooney
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to the distribution of road salt

Relates to the distribution of road salt Requires that the department of transportation and every municipality, locality and public authority shall not spread road salt at a rate higher than three hundred pounds per lane mile on average during each snow and ice management season.

What This Bill Does

Relates to the distribution of road salt Requires that the department of transportation and every municipality, locality and public authority shall not spread road salt at a rate higher than three hundred pounds per lane mile on average during each snow and ice management season.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1282
2026-04-16 Senate
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to the distribution of road salt
Requires that the department of transportation and every municipality, locality and public authority shall not spread road salt at a rate higher than three hundred pounds per lane mile on average during each snow and ice management season.

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

                                          9922

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 16, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to imposing  certain
          requirements for the distribution of road salt

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

     1    Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  23 to read as follows:
     3    §  23.  DISTRIBUTION  OF ROAD SALT.   1. THE DEPARTMENT, EVERY MUNICI-
     4  PALITY, LOCALITY, AND PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL NOT SPREAD ROAD SALT  AT  A
     5  RATE  HIGHER  THAN  THREE HUNDRED POUNDS PER LANE MILE ON AVERAGE DURING
     6  EACH SNOW AND ICE MANAGEMENT SEASON.   THE  LIMITS  FOR  APPLICATION  ON
     7  PARKING  LOTS AND SIDEWALKS IS SET AT 4.7 POUNDS PER ONE THOUSAND SQUARE
     8  FEET.
     9    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ROAD SALT" SHALL MEAN A
    10  MINERAL FORM OF SODIUM CHLORIDE TO MELT SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS BY  LOWER-
    11  ING WATER'S FREEZING POINT.
    12    3. ALL ROAD SALT EQUIPMENT SHALL BE METERED AND CALIBRATED.
    13    4.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE  ANNUAL DATA ON ITS WEBSITE TO THE
    14  PUBLIC REGARDING THE USE OF ROAD SALT.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13870-02-5