Assembly Bill A2920

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires hotels and motels with wireless communication facilities to provide guests with health warnings related to such facilities

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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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2017-A2920 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §205, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5330
2013-2014: A5287
2015-2016: A550

2017-A2920 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hotels and motels with wireless communication facilities to provide guests with health warnings related to such facilities.

2017-A2920 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2920
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   hotels  and  motels  with  wireless  communication facilities upon the
   property thereof to provide guests upon arrival  with  information  on
   the health risks of such facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 205 to read as follows:
   §  205.  WIRELESS  COMMUNICATION  FACILITY  INFORMATION.  1.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY" SHALL MEAN
 AN UNSTAFFED FACILITY USED IN THE RECEIPT AND TRANSMISSION  OF  WIRELESS
 TELEPHONE  SERVICE  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, ANTENNAS, ANCILLARY
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND POLES.
   2. EVERY PERSON OR ENTITY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF FURNISHING PUBLIC
 LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS IN A HOTEL, MOTEL OR MOTOR COURT  SHALL,  WHEN  A
 WIRELESS  COMMUNICATION FACILITY IS PLACED OR OPERATED UPON THE PROPERTY
 OF SUCH HOTEL, MOTEL OR MOTOR COURT, PROVIDE EACH GUEST UPON HIS OR  HER
 ARRIVAL  WITH  WRITTEN INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH RISKS FROM PROXIMITY TO
 SUCH FACILITIES. SUCH  WRITTEN  INFORMATION  PROVIDED  TO  GUESTS  SHALL
 INCLUDE  SUCH  MEDICAL  FACTS  AND  RISKS AS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law, provided  that  any  rules  and  regulations
 necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
 are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05425-01-7

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