Bill Text: NY A08330 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting smoking in and on the premises of public housing accommodations; provides that by January 1, 2020, all public housing accommodations shall be classified as smoke-free.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-01 - print number 8330a [A08330 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08330-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8330
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    August 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, KEARNS, JAFFEE, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.   KOLB, MONTESANO -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to prohibiting smok-
         ing on the premises of public housing units
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
    2  223-c to read as follows:
    3    S  223-C. PROHIBITION ON SMOKING. 1. SMOKING SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN OR
    4  ON THE GROUNDS OF ANY PUBLIC HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  CLASSIFIED  BY  THE
    5  COMMISSIONER  AS  A  SMOKE-FREE  BUILDING. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE
    6  THAT AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF  ALL  PUBLIC  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS  IN
    7  EXISTENCE  AS  OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CLASSIFIED
    8  AS SMOKE-FREE BUILDINGS.
    9    2. ANY PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMODATION CONSTRUCTED  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE
   10  DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS A SMOKE-FREE BUILDING. SMOK-
   11  ING  SHALL  BE PROHIBITED IN AND ON THE GROUNDS OF ANY OF THESE ACCOMMO-
   12  DATIONS.
   13    3. ANY VACANCIES IN A PUBLIC HOUSING UNIT THAT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED  AS
   14  A  SMOKING  UNIT SHALL BE RECLASSIFIED AS A SMOKE-FREE UNIT PRIOR TO ANY
   15  NEW TENANT TAKING OCCUPANCY. SMOKING SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN ANY OF THESE
   16  UNITS ON AND AFTER THE DATE OF SUCH NEW OCCUPANCY.
   17    4. ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CLAS-
   18  SIFY ALL PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS AS SMOKE-FREE BUILDINGS.  SMOKING
   19  SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN AND ON THE GROUNDS OF ALL PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMO-
   20  DATIONS ON AND AFTER SUCH DATE.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04337-01-5