BILL NUMBER:A10506
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring shop-
ping mall department stores to post directional signs indicating the
direction of travel to the nearest exit
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To enable shoppers to exit a mall department store in a timely manner
especially in the event of an emergency.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
A new section 390-e is added to the general business law to read as
follows: Defines "Department store" and "Shopping mall". Requires owner
or lessee of any department store to post where doors, openings or
passageways giving access to any means of egress not visible from all
portions of such store, directional signs in conspicuous locations,
indicating in red on a white background, or vice versa, the direction to
travel to the nearest means of egress. The owner or operator of any
department store found to be in violation of this section shall be
subject to a civil penalty not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars per
violation.
JUSTIFICATION:
Department store counters and racks are placed on the floor in order for
shoppers to be able to view as much merchandise as possible. In many
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10506
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 2, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring shop-
ping mall department stores to post directional signs indicating the
direction of travel to the nearest exit
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
390-e to read as follows:
S 390-E. DEPARTMENT STORE EXIT SIGNAGE. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) "DEPARTMENT STORE" MEANS ANY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT IN A SHOPPING
MALL CONSISTING OF TWENTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR MORE.
(B) "SHOPPING MALL" MEANS ANY PRIVATELY OWNED BUILDING OR SERIES OF
BUILDINGS HOUSING TWENTY OR MORE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND OFFERING FOR
LEASE A TOTAL OF FIFTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR MORE OF RETAIL SPACE,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER VACANT OR NOT.
2. THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF ANY DEPARTMENT STORE SHALL POST, WHERE
DOORS, OPENINGS OR PASSAGEWAYS GIVING ACCESS TO ANY MEANS OF EGRESS ARE
NOT VISIBLE FROM ALL PORTIONS OF SUCH STORE, DIRECTIONAL SIGNS IN
CONSPICUOUS LOCATIONS, INDICATING IN RED ON A WHITE BACKGROUND, OR VICE
VERSA, THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TO THE NEAREST MEANS OF EGRESS.
3. THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF ANY DEPARTMENT STORE FOUND TO BE IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER VIOLATION.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16450-02-0
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