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Senate Bill S7206

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that certain commercial buildings be equipped with unisex or family restrooms

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2009-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7786
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 12-C §219, Gen Bus L; amd §377, Exec L

2009-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that certain commercial buildings be equipped with unisex or family restrooms; requires that such restrooms be ADA compliant.

2009-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7206

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 22, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
  relation  to requiring unisex or family bathrooms in certain buildings
  accessible to the public

  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 article
12-C to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 12-C
                      NEW CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 219. UNISEX RESTROOMS.
  S  219. UNISEX RESTROOMS. ANY PERSON OR ENTITY CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING
AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, THAT  IS  LARGER  THAN  FIFTEEN
THOUSAND  SQUARE  FEET,  AND THAT IS USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, SHALL
ENSURE THAT SUCH BUILDING BE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE RESTROOM THAT IS
DESIGNATED AS A UNISEX OR FAMILY RESTROOM. SUCH RESTROOM SHALL  ALSO  BE
HANDICAPPED  ACCESSIBLE  AND COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
  S 2. Paragraphs d and e of subdivision 2 of section 377 of the  execu-
tive law, as added by chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, are amended and a
new paragraph f is added to read as follows:
  d.  encourage,  so  far  as may be practicable, the standardization of
construction practices, methods,  equipment,  material  and  techniques;
[and]
  e. eliminate restrictive, obsolete, conflicting and unnecessary build-
ing  regulations  and  requirements which tend to increase unnecessarily
construction costs or retard unnecessarily the use of new materials,  or
provide  unwarranted preferential treatment to types or classes of mate-
rial or products or methods of construction[.]; AND
  F. REQUIRE THAT ALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS LARGER THAN FIFTEEN  THOUSAND
SQUARE  FEET  THAT  ARE  CONSTRUCTED AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TEN, CONTAIN AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF UNISEX  OR  FAMILY  RESTROOMS  AND
ENSURE THAT SUCH RESTROOMS ARE ADA COMPLIANT.

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

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