Bill Text: NY S07936 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subways, trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-12 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07936 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07936-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7936
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 12, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  providing
          notification  to  customers  of  bed  bug infestations on MTA subways,
          trains and buses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1266-l to read as follows:
     3    § 1266-l. Notification of bed bug infestations.  The  authority  shall
     4  establish  a  system  to  notify  customers  of  bed bug infestations on
     5  subways, trains and buses, within twenty-four hours of discovering  such
     6  infestation.  Such  system may include notification through the authori-
     7  ty's webpage, or by email or text message.
     8    § 2. 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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