Assembly Bill A7487

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires single-purpose day camps to ascertain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry pursuant to article six-C of the correction law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7487 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1986
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 13-B Art Head, §§1392 & 1393, add §1394-c, Pub Health L; amd §424-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5239
2015-2016: A1002, S1750
2017-2018: A618, S4082
2019-2020: A1081, S152
2021-2022: S3966

2013-A7487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires single-purpose day camps to ascertain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry pursuant to article six-C of the correction law; defines "single-purpose day camp".

2013-A7487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7487

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law and the social services law, in
  relation to requiring single-purpose day camps to ascertain whether an
  employee or volunteer is listed on the  state  sex  offender  registry
  pursuant to article six-C of the correction law

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The article heading of article 13-B of  the  public  health
law,  as added by chapter 515 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
            REGULATION OF OVERNIGHT, SINGLE-PURPOSE DAY, SUMMER
            DAY, AND TRAVELING SUMMER DAY CAMPS FOR CHILDREN
  S 2. Section 1392 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A.  "SINGLE-PURPOSE  DAY CAMP" SHALL MEAN A PROPERTY CONSISTING OF A
TRACT OF LAND AND ANY TENTS, VEHICLES,  BUILDINGS  OR  OTHER  STRUCTURES
THAT MAY BE PERTINENT TO ITS USE, ANY PART OF WHICH MAY BE OCCUPIED ON A
SCHEDULED  BASIS  AT ANY TIME BETWEEN JUNE FIRST AND SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH
IN ANY YEAR BY CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE UNDER GENERAL  SUPER-
VISION,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF A SINGLE INDOOR OR OUTDOOR ORGANIZED GROUP
ACTIVITY, INVOLVING A NONPASSIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY WITH  SIGNIFICANT
RISK  OF  INJURY,  AS  SUCH  ACTIVITIES ARE DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN
RULES AND REGULATIONS, FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN  TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  ON
ANY DAY THE PROPERTY IS SO OCCUPIED, AND ON WHICH NO PROVISIONS ARE MADE
FOR  OVERNIGHT  OCCUPANCY  BY SUCH CHILDREN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE
THE POWER TO EXCEPT BY RULE FROM THIS ARTICLE AND THE  SANITARY  CODE  A
PLACE,  FACILITY OR ACTIVITY THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE INTENT OF THIS DEFI-
NITION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05314-04-3

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