Bill Text: NY S04401 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits any person from smoking at a playground; provides a definition as to what constitutes a playground.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04401 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S04401-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4401
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 4, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting smok-
ing at playgrounds
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 1399-o-1 to read as follows:
3 S 1399-O-1. SMOKING RESTRICTIONS; CERTAIN OUTDOOR AREAS. SMOKING
4 SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED AND NO PERSON SHALL SMOKE WITHIN FIFTY FEET OF
5 ANY PLAYGROUND. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PLAYGROUND"
6 MEANS AN IMPROVED AREA DESIGNED, EQUIPPED, AND SET ASIDE FOR PLAY OF SIX
7 OR MORE CHILDREN WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AS AN ATHLETIC PLAYING
8 FIELD OR ATHLETIC COURT, AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY PLAY EQUIPMENT, SURFAC-
9 ING, FENCING, SIGNS, INTERNAL PATHWAYS, INTERNAL LAND FORMS, VEGETATION,
10 AND RELATED STRUCTURES. PLAYGROUNDS OR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED
11 UPON ONE, TWO AND THREE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY ARE EXEMPT FROM
12 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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