Bill Text: NY A05900 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits a not-for-profit corporation from operating a drug injection site.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in health [A05900 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05900-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5900 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to activities prohibited to not-for-profit corporations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 204-a to read as follows: 3 § 204-a. Restricted activities. 4 (a) As used in this section, the term "drug injection site" shall mean 5 any program or entity that provides a hygienic space for an individual 6 to consume a controlled substance in violation of article thirty-three 7 of the public health law. 8 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other 9 general law, a corporation of any kind to which this chapter applies 10 shall not operate a drug injection site within the state. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09944-01-9
