Bill Text: NY A10141 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Prohibits smoking within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of any public or private educational institution; exempts smoking in or around a private residence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-05 - signed chap.449 [A10141 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10141
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 9, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
         to  prohibiting  smoking  within 100 feet of the entrances or exits of
         any public or private educational institutions
         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 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. 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 ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
    6    S  2. Subdivision 2 of section 409 of the education law, as amended by
    7  chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    8    2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  other  law,  rule  or  regu-
    9  lation,  tobacco  use  shall  not  be  permitted and no person shall use
   10  tobacco on school grounds. "School grounds" means any  building,  struc-
   11  ture  and  surrounding  outdoor  grounds,  INCLUDING ENTRANCES OR EXITS,
   12  contained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school, elemen-
   13  tary or secondary school's legally defined property boundaries as regis-
   14  tered in a county clerk's office.
   15    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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