Bill Text: NY S05455 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the availability of hand sanitizer and toilet seat covers in all bathrooms in state-owned and state-leased buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S05455 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05455-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5455

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to  requiring  the
          availability of hand sanitizer and toilet seat covers in all bathrooms

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
     2  147 to read as follows:
     3    § 147. Bathroom requirements. 1. As used in this section:
     4    (a) "state-owned" means any building owned by a state agency used  for
     5  official state business.
     6    (b)  "state-leased"  means  any  building  or  portion of any building
     7  leased by a state agency for office or residential occupancy.
     8    2. The commissioner of general services shall require that all  state-
     9  owned and state-leased buildings provide:
    10    (a)  hand sanitizer dispensers at the entrance and exit of every bath-
    11  room; and
    12    (b) at least one toilet seat cover dispenser in every bathroom.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    14  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    15  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    16  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
    17  before such date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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