Bill Text: NY A07277 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Prohibits the use and sale of tobacco at state-operated institutions of the State University of New York.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - reported referred to codes [A07277 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07277-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7277--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 8, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY, GLICK, ROBERTS, DUPREY, DINOWITZ, JAFFEE,
         WEISENBERG,  PAULIN,  CAHILL, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         CROUCH, FAHY, GALEF, ROSA -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
         on  Higher  Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa-
         tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
         ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the use  and  sale  of
         tobacco  at state-operated institutions of the state university of New
         York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Legislative  intent. The legislature finds and declares
    2  that it shall be the policy of the state university of New  York  (SUNY)
    3  to  ensure that all state-operated campuses embrace a tobacco-free envi-
    4  ronment. Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the
    5  United States and accounts for more annual deaths than suicide,  murder,
    6  HIV/AIDS,  alcohol  use,  illegal  drug  use  and motor vehicle injuries
    7  combined. Using tobacco is a personal choice, a tobacco-free policy does
    8  not take away an individual's right to choose to use  tobacco,  it  does
    9  limit  where  a  person  may  use tobacco. SUNY respects an individual's
   10  right to choose to use tobacco off campus, in places where it is accept-
   11  able to do so. SUNY is first and foremost an educational institution.
   12    S 2. Section 355 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   13  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   14    20. THE FOLLOWING ARE PROHIBITED AT STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF THE
   15  STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK:
   16    A.  THE  USE  OR  SALE OF TOBACCO ON ALL GROUNDS AND FACILITIES OWNED,
   17  LEASED OR CONTROLLED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR  ITS  RELATED  ENTITIES,
   18  INCLUDING INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LOCATIONS; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10601-05-4
       A. 7277--B                          2
    1    B. THE USE OF TOBACCO IN VEHICLES OWNED, RENTED OR LEASED BY THE STATE
    2  UNIVERSITY OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
    3  THE  "AFFILIATED  ENTITIES"  OF  THE  STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF THE
    4  STATE UNIVERSITY ARE THE FOUNDATIONS, AUXILIARY  SERVICES  CORPORATIONS,
    5  AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES THEREOF.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 2016.
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