Senate Bill S912

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting requirements for children's camps; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S912 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1394-a & 1395, rpld §§1392-a & 1394-b, add §1393-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4615
2013-2014: S1015

2015-S912 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting requirements for children's camps including permit requirements, inspection requirements and violations.

2015-S912 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   912

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  the  permitting
  requirements for children's camps; and to repeal certain provisions of
  such law relating thereto

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

  Section 1.  Section 1391 of the public health law, as added by chapter
515 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1391. Declaration of public policy. It is the declared policy of the
state of New York to protect the health, safety and welfare of  children
attending  what  are  commonly  called children's overnight, summer day,
[and] traveling summer day, AND SINGLE-PURPOSE DAY camps.
  S 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of  section  1392  of  the
public  health  law  is  designated paragraph a and a new paragraph b is
added to read as follows:
  B. "SINGLE-PURPOSE DAY CAMP" SHALL MEAN A  PROPERTY  CONSISTING  OF  A
TRACT  OF  LAND  AND  ANY TENTS, VEHICLES, BUILDINGS OR OTHER STRUCTURES
THAT MAY BE PERTINENT TO ITS USE, ANY PART OF WHICH MAY BE OCCUPIED ON A
SCHEDULED BASIS AT ANY TIME BETWEEN JUNE FIRST AND  SEPTEMBER  FIFTEENTH
IN  ANY YEAR BY CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE UNDER GENERAL SUPER-
VISION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A SINGLE INDOOR  OR OUTDOOR  ORGANIZED  GROUP
ACTIVITY  OR A SERIES OF SINGLE INDOOR OR OUTDOOR ORGANIZED GROUP ACTIV-
ITIES, INVOLVING A NONPASSIVE  RECREATIONAL  ACTIVITY  WITH  SIGNIFICANT
RISK  OF  INJURY,  AS  SUCH  ACTIVITIES ARE DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN
RULES AND REGULATIONS, FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN  TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  ON
ANY  DAY, OPERATING FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY OR MORE DAYS WHEN THE PROPERTY
IS SO OCCUPIED, AND ON WHICH NO PROVISIONS ARE MADE FOR OVERNIGHT  OCCU-
PANCY  BY SUCH CHILDREN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO EXCEPT
BY RULE FROM THIS ARTICLE AND THE SANITARY CODE  A  PLACE,  FACILITY  OR
ACTIVITY THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE INTENT OF THIS DEFINITION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00101-01-5
              

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