Bill Text: NY A05287 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires hotels and motels with wireless communication facilities to provide guests with health warnings related to such facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A05287 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05287-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5287
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 22, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
         hotels  and  motels  with  wireless  communication facilities upon the
         property thereof to provide guests upon arrival  with  information  on
         the health risks of such facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  205 to read as follows:
    3    S  205.  WIRELESS  COMMUNICATION  FACILITY  INFORMATION.  1.  FOR  THE
    4  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY" SHALL MEAN
    5  AN UNSTAFFED FACILITY USED IN THE RECEIPT AND TRANSMISSION  OF  WIRELESS
    6  TELEPHONE  SERVICE  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANTENNAS, ANCILLIARY
    7  TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND POLES.
    8    2. EVERY PERSON OR ENTITY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF FURNISHING PUBLIC
    9  LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS IN A HOTEL, MOTEL OR MOTOR COURT  SHALL,  WHEN  A
   10  WIRELESS  COMMUNICATION FACILITY IS PLACED OR OPERATED UPON THE PROPERTY
   11  OF SUCH HOTEL, MOTEL OR MOTOR COURT, PROVIDE EACH GUEST UPON HIS OR  HER
   12  ARRIVAL  WITH  WRITTEN INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH RISKS FROM PROXIMITY TO
   13  SUCH FACILITIES. SUCH  WRITTEN  INFORMATION  PROVIDED  TO  GUESTS  SHALL
   14  INCLUDE  SUCH  MEDICAL  FACTS  AND  RISKS AS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
   15  RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   17  it shall have become a law, provided  that  any  rules  and  regulations
   18  necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
   19  are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03173-01-3