Assembly Actions -
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Jun 16, 2014 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A10118
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL
Archive: Last 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
2013-A10118 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1399-n, 1399-q & 1399-aa, Pub Health L
2013-A10118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10118 I N A S S E M B L Y June 16, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to regulating the use of electronic cigarettes in certain public areas THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 1399-n of the public health law, as amended by chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: 8. "Smoking" means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco, INCLUDING USING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-AA OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY DEVICE THAT VAPORIZES NICOTINE. 9. "RETAIL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE STORE" MEANS A RETAIL STORE DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, AND IN WHICH THE SALE OF OTHER PRODUCTS IS MERELY INCIDENTAL. THE SALE OF SUCH OTHER PRODUCTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED INCIDENTAL IF SUCH SALES GENERATE LESS THAN TWENTY- FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL GROSS SALES. S 2. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 1399-q of the public health law, as added by chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new subdi- vision 8 is added to read as follows: 6. Outdoor dining areas of food service establishments with no roof or other ceiling enclosure; provided, however, that smoking may be permit- ted in a contiguous area designated for smoking so long as such area: (a) constitutes no more than twenty-five percent of the outdoor seating capacity of such food service establishment, (b) is at least three feet away from the outdoor area of such food service establishment not desig- nated for smoking, and (c) is clearly designated with written signage as a smoking area; [and] 7. Enclosed rooms in food service establishments, bars, catering halls, convention halls, hotel and motel conference rooms, and other such similar facilities during the time such enclosed areas or rooms are being used exclusively for functions where the public is invited for the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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