Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Mar 03, 2009 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A6401
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6401 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 3, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GREENE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, HOOPER, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the use of cellular or mobile telephones in certain public areas of hospitals, medical centers, or any other treatment center THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 13-I to read as follows: ARTICLE 13-I REGULATION OF MOBILE TELEPHONE USE IN CERTAIN PUBLIC AREAS SECTION 1399-AAA. DEFINITIONS. 1399-BBB. MOBILE TELEPHONE USE RESTRICTIONS. 1399-CCC. POSTING OF SIGNS. 1399-DDD. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 1399-EEE. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. S 1399-AAA. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOW- ING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "MOBILE TELEPHONE" SHALL MEAN A CELLULAR, ANALOG, WIRELESS, DIGITAL OR OTHER SIMILAR TELEPHONE OR COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, WHICH CAN BE USED TO ACCESS TWO-WAY REAL TIME VOICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE THAT IS INTERCONNECTED TO A PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK AND IS PROVIDED BY A COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE; 2. "USE" SHALL MEAN TO RECEIVE A MOBILE TELEPHONE CALL SIGNALED BY AN AUDIBLE SOUND, DIAL A MOBILE TELEPHONE, TALK OR LISTEN ON A MOBILE TELE- PHONE; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09918-01-9
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