Bill Text: NY S02733 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting discrimination against New York state residents by places of public accommodation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02733 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02733-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2733
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend  the  civil  rights  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
         discrimination  against  New  York state residents by places of public
         accommodation
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 40-e of the civil rights law, as added by chapter
    2  1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 40-e. Innkeepers and carriers refusing to receive guests and passen-
    4  gers. 1. A person, who, either on his own account or as agent or officer
    5  of a corporation, carries on business as innkeeper, or as common carrier
    6  of passengers, and refuses, without just cause or excuse, to receive and
    7  entertain any guest, or to receive and carry any passenger, is guilty of
    8  a misdemeanor.
    9    2. NO OWNER, AGENT OR EMPLOYEE  OF  ANY  HOTEL,  MOTEL  OR  INN  SHALL
   10  REQUIRE  ANY  PERSON  TO  PROVIDE  PROOF  OF OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENCY AS A
   11  CONDITION OF PERMITTING SUCH PERSON TO RENT ANY ROOM OR  OTHER  ACCOMMO-
   12  DATION  AVAILABLE  IN  SUCH  HOTEL,  MOTEL  OR INN. NO PERSON, BEING THE
   13  OWNER, MANAGER, AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF  ANY  HOTEL,  MOTEL  OR  INN  SHALL
   14  PUBLISH,  CIRCULATE, ISSUE, DISPLAY, POST OR MAIL ANY WRITTEN OR PRINTED
   15  COMMUNICATION, NOTICE OR ADVERTISEMENT TO THE EFFECT  THAT  ANY  OF  THE
   16  ACCOMMODATIONS,  ADVANTAGES, FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF ANY SUCH PLACE
   17  SHALL BE REFUSED, WITHHELD FROM OR DENIED TO ANY STATE RESIDENT.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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