Bill Text: NY S01172 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the department of health to study potential health hazards from exposure to radio frequency energy emitted from cellular telephone towers and facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01172 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S01172-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1172 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT in relation to authorizing and directing the department of health to study potential health hazards from exposure to radio frequency energy emitted from cellular telephone towers and facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The department of health shall study, examine, evaluate and 2 make recommendations concerning potential health hazards resulting from 3 exposure to radio frequency energy emitted by cellular telephone towers 4 and facilities. Such department shall report the findings, conclusions 5 and recommendations of such study to the governor and the legislature on 6 or before one year after the effective date of this act, and shall 7 submit with its report such legislative proposals as it deems necessary 8 to implement its recommendations. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05822-01-7
