Bill Text: NY A09495 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits smoking within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any public or association library.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-23 - reported referred to codes [A09495 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9495
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 10, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, HOOPER, COOK,
          SOLAGES, SKOUFIS, BLAKE, MOSLEY, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A.    CERETTO,  GLICK  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
          Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  smok-
          ing within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any public or private
          library
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1399-o of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. Smoking shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke within one
     4  hundred  feet  of the entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any public or
     5  private library; provided, however, that the provisions of this subdivi-
     6  sion shall not apply to smoking in a residence, or within the real prop-
     7  erty boundary lines of such residential real property. The provisions of
     8  section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-p of this article shall  not  apply
     9  to this subdivision.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14244-01-6