Bill Text: NY S00509 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires restaurants that offer online delivery services via the internet or mobile application to post on their website or mobile application a hyperlink to view recent sanitary inspection grades on their website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-11-15 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR [S00509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00509-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           509

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
          general municipal law, in relation to requiring restaurants that offer
          online delivery services to post their most recent sanitary inspection
          letter grade on their website

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

     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 17-195.1 to read as follows:
     3    §  17-195.1  Posting  of  sanitary  inspection  grade.  a. Definition.
     4  "Internet-based food delivery service  provider"  shall  mean  any  food
     5  service  establishment as defined in section 81.03 of the health code of
     6  the city of New York that accepts food orders for delivery from  custom-
     7  ers  via  the  internet,  or  any  third-party website that accepts food
     8  orders for delivery from customers via the internet.
     9    b. Every internet-based food delivery service provider shall conspicu-
    10  ously post on their website the most current sanitary inspection  letter
    11  grade  of  any  food service establishment, pursuant to section 81.51 of
    12  the health code of the  city  of  New  York,  for  which  food  delivery
    13  services  are  provided to customers.  Food service establishments shall
    14  be  responsible  for  providing  internet-based  food  delivery  service
    15  providers  with  the  most current sanitary inspection letter grade upon
    16  receipt of such letter grade following sanitary inspection.
    17    c. Any internet-based food delivery  service  provider  that  violates
    18  subdivision b of this section or any of the rules promulgated thereunder
    19  shall  be  liable  for a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars
    20  for each violation.
    21    § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
    22  139-e to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01286-01-3
        S. 509                              2

     1    §  139-e.  Posting  of  sanitary  inspection grade. 1. As used in this
     2  section "internet-based food delivery service provider" shall  mean  any
     3  food  service  establishment  that accepts food orders for delivery from
     4  customers via the internet, or any third party website that accepts food
     5  orders for delivery from customers via the internet.
     6    2.  In  any municipal corporation that has adopted a local law or rule
     7  requiring the posting of sanitary inspection  results,  every  internet-
     8  based  food  delivery service provider shall conspicuously post on their
     9  website the most current sanitary inspection results of any food service
    10  establishment located in  such  municipal  corporation  for  which  food
    11  delivery  services  are  provided to customers.  Food service establish-
    12  ments shall be responsible for providing  internet-based  food  delivery
    13  service providers with the most current sanitary inspection letter grade
    14  upon receipt of such letter grade following sanitary inspection.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law.