Bill Text: NY S04747 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires appearance enhancement business owners to provide masks and gloves to nail specialists.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-12 - NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - WITHDRAWN [S04747 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04747-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4747--A
           Cal. No. 582
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
         appearance enhancement business owners to provide masks and gloves  to
         nail specialists
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 400 of the  general  business  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding two new subdivisions 11 and 12 to read as follows:
    3    11.  "OWNER"  MEANS  A PERSON WHO OR WHICH OWNS, CONTROLS OR OPERATES,
    4  WHETHER AS  A  PARTNER,  SHAREHOLDER,  OFFICER,  INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTOR
    5  (INCLUDING AREA RENTER) OR PROPRIETOR OF AN APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSI-
    6  NESS.
    7    12. "AREA RENTER" MEANS A LICENSED INDIVIDUAL NOT ON THE PAYROLL OF OR
    8  SUBJECT TO THE WITHHOLDING OF TAXES BY A LICENSED BUSINESS.
    9    S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 405-a
   10  to read as follows:
   11    S  405-A.  OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES; APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSINESS. 1.
   12  AN OWNER, AN AREA RENTER OR BOTH  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  PROVIDING
   13  PROTECTIVE  EQUIPMENT  CONSISTING OF, AT A MINIMUM, GLOVES AND MASKS FOR
   14  EMPLOYEES AND NAIL SPECIALISTS IN ALL APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSINESSES.
   15    2. EMPLOYEES AND NAIL  SPECIALISTS  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  TO  WEAR  SUCH
   16  PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
   17    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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