S6854-2011 Actions

• Jun 18, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A10141B
• Jun 14, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6854B
• Jun 4, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6854A
• May 21, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 16, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 15, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.816
• Mar 29, 2012: REFERRED TO HEALTH

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BILL NUMBER:S6854

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
to  prohibiting smoking within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any
public or private educational institutions

PURPOSE:
To prohibit smoking within one hundred feet of entrances or exits of any
public or private educational institutions or secondary schools.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1399-o of the public health law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision  that  would  prohibit  smoking  within  one hundred feet of
entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any public or private elementary or
secondary schools.

Subdivision 2 of section 409 of the education law is amended by  adding:
"including entrances or exits" to the definition of "school grounds."

JUSTIFICATION:
The  Clean  Indoor Air Act, enacted in 2003, banned smoking in all work-
places across the State.  Since 2003, smokers have been forced to  smoke
outside  and  it  has  been unfortunate to see many smokers consistently
light up within close proximity to the entrances or exits of  buildings.
This  bill would prohibit individuals from smoking outside the entrances
and exits of education institutions. This bill  seeks  to  move  smokers
away from the doorways in order to protect students wishing to enter and
exit  educational  institutions  from  unwanted  exposure  to secondhand
smoke.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  secondhand
smoke  exposure  causes acute lower respiratory infections such as bron-
chitis and pneumonia in young children.  Along with respiratory symptoms
such as coughing, wheezing, and breathlessness among  school-aged  chil-
dren  and  young adults, even brief secondhand smoke exposure can damage
cells in ways that set the cancer process in motion.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6854-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         6854
 I N  SENATE
 March 29, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to prohibiting smoking within 100 feet of the entrances  or  exits  of
 any public or private educational institutions
 

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

 

Section 1.

Section 1399-o of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:

 3. SMOKING SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED AND NO PERSON SHALL SMOKE WITHIN ONE
 HUNDRED  FEET  OF THE ENTRANCES, EXITS OR OUTDOOR AREAS OF ANY PUBLIC OR
 PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
 

S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 409 of the education law, as amended  by
 chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:

 2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any other law, rule or regu
 lation, tobacco use shall not be  permitted  and  no  person  shall  use
 tobacco  on  school grounds. "School grounds" means any building, struc
 ture and surrounding outdoor  grounds,  INCLUDING  ENTRANCES  OR  EXITS,
 contained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school, elemen
 tary or secondary school's legally defined property boundaries as regis
 tered in a county clerk's office.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14350-03-2

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