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Assembly Bill A6542

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting smoking in and on the premises of public housing accommodations

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2009-A6542 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง223-c, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6097
2013-2014: A5893
2015-2016: A8330
2017-2018: A4511

2009-A6542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting smoking in and on the premises of public housing accommodations; provides that by January 1, 2014, all public housing accommodations shall be classified as smoke-free.

2009-A6542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6542

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KOLB --
  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:

  Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
223-c to read as follows:
  S 223-C. PROHIBITION ON SMOKING. 1. SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN OR ON THE
GROUNDS OF ANY PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMODATION CLASSIFIED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
SIONER  AS  A SMOKE-FREE BUILDING. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT AT
LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS IN EXISTENCE AS
OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION  ARE  CLASSIFIED  AS  SMOKE-FREE
BUILDINGS.
  2.  ANY  PUBLIC  HOUSING ACCOMMODATION CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS A SMOKE-FREE BUILDING. SMOK-
ING SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN AND ON THE GROUNDS OF ANY OF  THESE  ACCOMMO-
DATIONS.
  3.  ANY VACANCIES IN A PUBLIC HOUSING UNIT THAT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS
A SMOKING UNIT SHALL BE RECLASSIFIED AS A SMOKE-FREE UNIT PRIOR  TO  ANY
NEW TENANT TAKING OCCUPANCY. SMOKING SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN ANY OF THESE
UNITS.
  4.  ON  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
CLASSIFY ALL PUBLIC  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS  AS  SMOKE-FREE  BUILDINGS.
SMOKING  SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN AND ON THE GROUNDS OF ALL PUBLIC HOUSING
ACCOMMODATIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10001-01-9

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