Bill Text: NY A08855 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires restaurants that offer online delivery services to post their most recent sanitary inspection grade on their website and/or any internet-based food delivery service websites where consumers can order from such food service establishment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - ordered to third reading rules cal.407 [A08855 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08855-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8855--E
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    December 22, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Cities  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
          reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
          reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred  to
          the  Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
          reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
          general municipal law, in relation to requiring restaurants that offer
          online delivery services to post their most recent sanitary inspection
          letter grade on their website
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 17-195.1 to read as follows:
     3    §  17-195.1  Posting  of  sanitary  inspection  grade.  a. Definition.
     4  "Internet-based food delivery service  provider"  shall  mean  any  food
     5  service  establishment as defined in section 81.03 of the health code of
     6  the city of New York that accepts food orders for delivery from  custom-
     7  ers  via  the  internet,  or  any  third-party website that accepts food
     8  orders for delivery from customers via the internet.
     9    b. Every internet-based food delivery service provider shall conspicu-
    10  ously post on their website the most current sanitary inspection  letter
    11  grade  of  any  food service establishment, pursuant to section 81.51 of
    12  the health code of the  city  of  New  York,  for  which  food  delivery
    13  services  are  provided to customers.  Food service establishments shall
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11238-15-8
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     1  be  responsible  for  providing  internet-based  food  delivery  service
     2  providers  with  the  most current sanitary inspection letter grade upon
     3  receipt of such letter grade following sanitary inspection.
     4    c.  Any  internet-based  food  delivery service provider that violates
     5  subdivision b of this section or any of the rules promulgated thereunder
     6  shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed  one  hundred  dollars
     7  for each violation.
     8    §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
     9  139-e to read as follows:
    10    § 139-e. Posting of sanitary inspection grade.  1.  As  used  in  this
    11  section  "internet-based  food delivery service provider" shall mean any
    12  food service establishment that accepts food orders  for  delivery  from
    13  customers via the internet, or any third party website that accepts food
    14  orders for delivery from customers via the internet.
    15    2.  In  any municipal corporation that has adopted a local law or rule
    16  requiring the posting of sanitary inspection  results,  every  internet-
    17  based  food  delivery service provider shall conspicuously post on their
    18  website the most current sanitary inspection results of any food service
    19  establishment located in  such  municipal  corporation  for  which  food
    20  delivery  services  are  provided to customers.  Food service establish-
    21  ments shall be responsible for providing  internet-based  food  delivery
    22  service providers with the most current sanitary inspection letter grade
    23  upon receipt of such letter grade following sanitary inspection.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    25  it shall have become a law.