Bill Text: NY A10189 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subway trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-24 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10189 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A10189-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10189
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                  September 24, 2014
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       Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Colton) --
         read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
         and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
         notification to customers of bed  bug  infestations  on  MTA  subways,
         trains and buses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 1266-j to read as follows:
    3    S  1266-J.  NOTIFICATION  OF BED BUG INFESTATIONS. THE AUTHORITY SHALL
    4  ESTABLISH A SYSTEM TO  NOTIFY  CUSTOMERS  OF  BED  BUG  INFESTATIONS  ON
    5  SUBWAYS,  TRAINS AND BUSES, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF DISCOVERING SUCH
    6  INFESTATION. SUCH SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE NOTIFICATION THROUGH  THE  AUTHORI-
    7  TY'S WEBPAGE, OR BY EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15754-01-4