Bill Text: NY S05045 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use and sale of tobacco at state-operated institutions of the state university of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S05045 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05045-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5045
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the use  and  sale  of
          tobacco  at state-operated institutions of the state university of New
          York
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    Legislative  intent. The legislature finds and declares
     2  that it shall be the policy of the state university of New  York  (SUNY)
     3  to  ensure that all state-operated campuses embrace a tobacco-free envi-
     4  ronment. Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the
     5  United States and accounts for more annual deaths than suicide,  murder,
     6  HIV/AIDS,  alcohol  use,  illegal  drug  use  and motor vehicle injuries
     7  combined. Using tobacco is a personal choice, a tobacco-free policy does
     8  not take away an individual's right to choose to use  tobacco,  it  does
     9  limit  where  a  person  may  use tobacco. SUNY respects an individual's
    10  right to choose to use tobacco off campus, in places where it is accept-
    11  able to do so. SUNY is first and foremost an educational institution.
    12    § 2. Section 355 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    13  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    14    20. The following are prohibited at state-operated institutions of the
    15  state university of New York:
    16    a.  the  use  or  sale of tobacco on all grounds and facilities owned,
    17  leased or controlled by the state university or  its  related  entities,
    18  including indoor and outdoor locations; and
    19    b. the use of tobacco in vehicles owned, rented or leased by the state
    20  university or its affiliated entities. For purposes of this subdivision,
    21  the  "affiliated  entities"  of  the  state-operated institutions of the
    22  state university are the foundations, auxiliary  services  corporations,
    23  and alumni associations and subsidiaries thereof.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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