S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7204
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 15, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to single-purpose day
         camps
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1392 of the public health law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  439  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. "Summer day camp" shall mean a property consisting of  a  tract  of
    5  land  and any tents, vehicles, buildings or other structures that may be
    6  pertinent to its use, any part of which may be occupied on  a  scheduled
    7  basis at any time between June first and September fifteenth in any year
    8  by  children  under  sixteen years of age under general supervision, for
    9  the purpose of ANY indoor or outdoor organized group activities, involv-
   10  ing ONE OR MORE nonpassive recreational activities with significant risk
   11  of injury, as such activities are defined by the department in rules and
   12  regulations, for a period of less than twenty-four hours on any day  the
   13  property  is  so occupied, and on which no provisions are made for over-
   14  night occupancy by such children. The commissioner shall have the  power
   15  to  except  by  rule  from  this  article and the sanitary code a place,
   16  facility or activity that is not within the intent of  this  definition,
   17  PROVIDED  THAT NO EXCEPTION MAY BE GRANTED TO A SUMMER DAY CAMP WHICH IS
   18  DEDICATED TO A SINGLE ACTIVITY IF THAT ACTIVITY MEETS THE CRITERIA OF  A
   19  NONPASSIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY WITH SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10749-01-1