Bill Text: NY S08180 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the use of solid antimicrobial copper alloy for touch surfaces in new construction using public funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-13 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S08180 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08180-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8180

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 13, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the  use  of  an
          antimicrobial copper alloy for touch surfaces in new construction

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

     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  241-c  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  241-c.  New construction; solid antimicrobial copper alloy.  1. Any
     4  publicly funded construction shall  include  touch  surfaces  made  from
     5  solid antimicrobial copper alloy.
     6    2. As used in this section:
     7    a.  "Solid antimicrobial copper alloy" shall mean a solid copper alloy
     8  that:
     9    (i) is listed under  United  States  environmental  protection  agency
    10  registration  number  82012-1,  82012-2,  82012-3,  82012-4, 82012-5, or
    11  82012-6, or is otherwise identified by a unified numbering  system  code
    12  in an environmental protection agency registration;
    13    (ii) has a copper content of not less than sixty weight percent; and
    14    (iii)  has a content of not more than one-tenth weight percent of each
    15  of the following: lead, chromium, and arsenic.
    16    b. "Touch surface" shall mean any surface or fixture within a building
    17  that a person frequently comes  into  contact  with  including  but  not
    18  limited  to:  door  handles, bathroom fixtures, bed rails, handrails and
    19  light switches.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    21  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16057-01-0