A6660-2011 Actions

• Mar 13, 2012: reported referred to codes
• Mar 7, 2012: print number 6660b
• Mar 7, 2012: print number 6660a
• Mar 7, 2012: amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to consumer affairs and protection
• Jun 16, 2011: reported referred to rules
• Jun 6, 2011: reported referred to codes
• Jun 2, 2011: print number 6660a
• Jun 2, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection
• Mar 24, 2011: referred to consumer affairs and protection

A6660-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         6660
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 24, 2011
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LATIMER -- read once and referred to the Commit
 tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  education  law,  in
 relation to establishing the "movable soccer goal safety act"
 

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

 

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "movable
 soccer goal safety act".
 

S  2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new article 8-A
 to read as follows:

 ARTICLE 8-A
 MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY
 SECTION 170. DEFINITIONS.
 171. MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY.
 

S 170. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM:

 1. "GUIDELINES FOR MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY" SHALL MEAN THE PUBLICA
 TION "GUIDELINES FOR MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY" PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED
 STATES  CONSUMER  PRODUCT  SAFETY  COMMISSION   IN   JANUARY,   NINETEEN
 NINETY-FIVE  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR VERSION OF THAT PUBLICATION AND THE ASTM
 GUIDE FOR SAFER USE OF MOVABLE SOCCER GOALS, F 1938-98  (2009),  OR  ANY
 SUCCESSOR VERSION OF THAT PUBLICATION.
 2.  "MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL" SHALL MEAN A FREESTANDING STRUCTURE CONSIST
 ING OF AT LEAST TWO UPRIGHT POSTS, A CROSSBAR, AND SUPPORT BARS THAT  IS
 DESIGNED:

 (A)  TO  BE  USED  BY  ADULTS OR CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF A SOCCER
 GOAL;
 (B) TO BE USED WITHOUT ANY OTHER FORM OF SUPPORT  OR  RESTRAINT  OTHER
 THAN PEGS, STAKES, OR OTHER FORMS OF TEMPORARY ANCHORING DEVICE; AND
 (C) TO BE ABLE TO BE MOVED TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
 3. "WARNING INSTRUCTION" SHALL MEAN A LABEL OR HANGTAG WHICH IS CLEAR
 LY  VISIBLE  TO THE USER, WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTICE PRINTED IN CLEAR AND
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08605-02-1
 
       A. 6660                             2
 CONSPICUOUS TYPE: "WARNING! NEVER CLIMB OR HANG ON GOAL OR NETS --  GOAL
 CAN  FALL  OVER  CAUSING  DEATH  OR SERIOUS INJURY" AND "WARNING! ALWAYS
 ANCHOR GOAL -- UNSECURED GOAL CAN FALL OVER CAUSING  SERIOUS  INJURY  OR
 DEATH."
 

S  171.  MOVABLE  SOCCER GOAL SAFETY. ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR ANY
 SUBDIVISION OR CONTRACTOR THEREOF THAT OWNS AND/OR MAINTAINS  FIELDS  OR
 GROUNDS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON SETTING UP A
 MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL FOR USE THEREON:

 1. FOLLOWS ALL APPLICABLE GUIDELINES FOR ANCHORING, SECURING AND COUN
 TERWEIGHTING  SUCH  MOVABLE  SOCCER  GOAL PURSUANT TO THE GUIDELINES FOR
 MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY; AND
 2. POSTS A WARNING INSTRUCTION ON SUCH MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL.
 

S 3. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  414-a  to
 read as follows:

 

S  414-A.  MOVABLE  SOCCER  GOAL  SAFETY.  1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE TERM:

 A. "GUIDELINES FOR MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY" SHALL MEAN THE PUBLICA
 TION "GUIDELINES FOR MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY" PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED
 STATES  CONSUMER  PRODUCT  SAFETY  COMMISSION   IN   JANUARY,   NINETEEN
 NINETY-FIVE  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR VERSION OF THAT PUBLICATION AND THE ASTM
 GUIDE FOR SAFER USE OF MOVABLE SOCCER GOALS, F 1938-98  (2009),  OR  ANY
 SUCCESSOR VERSION OF THAT PUBLICATION.
 B.  "MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL" SHALL MEAN A FREESTANDING STRUCTURE CONSIST
 ING OF AT LEAST TWO UPRIGHT POSTS, A CROSSBAR, AND SUPPORT BARS THAT  IS
 DESIGNED:

 (I)  TO  BE  USED  BY  ADULTS OR CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF A SOCCER
 GOAL;
 (II) TO BE USED WITHOUT ANY OTHER FORM OF SUPPORT OR  RESTRAINT  OTHER
 THAN PEGS, STAKES, OR OTHER FORMS OF TEMPORARY ANCHORING DEVICE; AND
 (II) TO BE ABLE TO BE MOVED TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
 C. "WARNING INSTRUCTION" SHALL MEAN A LABEL OR HANGTAG WHICH IS CLEAR
 LY  VISIBLE  TO THE USER, WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTICE PRINTED IN CLEAR AND
 CONSPICUOUS TYPE: "WARNING! NEVER CLIMB OR HANG ON GOAL OR NETS --  GOAL
 CAN  FALL  OVER  CAUSING  DEATH  OR SERIOUS INJURY" AND "WARNING! ALWAYS
 ANCHOR GOAL -- UNSECURED GOAL CAN FALL OVER CAUSING  SERIOUS  INJURY  OR
 DEATH."
 2.  ANY  SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT OWNS AND/OR MAINTAINS ATHLETIC FIELDS OR
 FACILITIES SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON SETTING  UP  A  MOVABLE  SOCCER
 GOAL FOR USE THEREON:

 A. FOLLOWS ALL APPLICABLE GUIDELINES FOR ANCHORING, SECURING AND COUN
 TERWEIGHTING  SUCH  MOVABLE  SOCCER  GOAL PURSUANT TO THE GUIDELINES FOR
 MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL SAFETY; AND
 B. POSTS A WARNING INSTRUCTION ON SUCH MOVABLE SOCCER GOAL.
 

S 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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