Bill Text: NY S08338 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8338 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the definition of an indoor area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-15 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08338 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08338-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8338

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2020
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition  of
          an  indoor area; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating
          thereto

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  1399-n  of  the  public health law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    12. "Indoor area" means any area with a full or partial roof covering,
     4  including an area with a roof or ceiling in place, which may be a  fixed
     5  or  movable  roof  or  ceiling,  where the total actual area of the wall
     6  surfaces exceeds seventy-five percent of the total notional  wall  area,
     7  and  which  allow the free flow of air without the assistance of mechan-
     8  ical ventilation, as defined by the commissioner. The  commissioner  may
     9  determine and enforce a lower percentage of total actual area to notion-
    10  al  wall  area, as deemed necessary to protect the public health and the
    11  intent of this article, provided, however, that the  maximum  percentage
    12  determined  is  not  lower than fifty percent of the total notional wall
    13  area. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules  and  regulations  as
    14  are  necessary to define notional wall area, mechanical ventilation, and
    15  related building specifications needed to determine whether a  structure
    16  falls within the definition of indoor area.
    17    § 2. Section 1399-x of the public health law is REPEALED.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16390-01-0