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Assembly Bill A5693

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires operator of public places to report and fully remedy any bed bug infestation prior to granting access to the public

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2011-A5693 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1504, Pub Health L

2011-A5693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the operator of a public place that has a bed bug infestation to report such infestation to the municipality in which the public place is located and close access to the public; the public place may only reopen when a certified pesticide applicator provide written certification that all bed bugs have been exterminated.

2011-A5693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5693

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. SPANO, CASTRO, N. RIVERA, O'DONNELL, JAFFEE --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND,  BRENNAN,  DINOWITZ,  DUPREY,
  GLICK,  PHEFFER,  SAYWARD, STEVENSON, TITONE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  municipal  regu-
  lation of bedbug infestations at public places

  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  section
1504 to read as follows:
  S 1504. MUNICIPAL BEDBUG CONTROL. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
"PUBLIC  PLACE"  MEANS A PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, RESORT OR AMUSE-
MENT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF
THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  2. THE OPERATOR OF ANY PUBLIC PLACE, AT WHICH THERE  EXISTS  A  BEDBUG
INFESTATION,  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  PROVIDE  WRITTEN NOTICE THEREOF TO THE
MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH SUCH PUBLIC PLACE IS LOCATED, AND SHALL CLOSE  THE
PUBLIC  PLACE  TO  ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC. UPON PROVISION OF NOTICE TO THE
APPROPRIATE MUNICIPALITY, THE OPERATOR  OF  THE  AFFECTED  PUBLIC  PLACE
SHALL  POST  CONSPICUOUS  NOTICE  OF  SUCH  BEDBUG  INFESTATION ON EVERY
ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC PLACE.
  3. WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF PROVIDING NOTICE OF A BEDBUG  INFESTA-
TION  AT  A  PUBLIC  PLACE TO A MUNICIPALITY, THE OPERATOR OF THE PUBLIC
PLACE SHALL CONTRACT WITH A PESTICIDE APPLICATOR, CERTIFIED PURSUANT  TO
TITLE  NINE  OF  ARTICLE  THIRTY-THREE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
LAW, FOR THE EXTERMINATION AND ERADICATION OF THE  BEDBUGS  CAUSING  THE
INFESTATION.
  4.  NO PUBLIC PLACE WITH A BEDBUG INFESTATION SHALL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC
ACCESS UNTIL THE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR WHICH EXTERMINATED AND  ERADICATED
THE BEDBUGS CERTIFIES IN WRITING THAT THE BEDBUGS HAVE BEEN EXTERMINATED
AND  THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY TRACES OF BEDBUGS AT SUCH PUBLIC PLACE, AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08338-01-1

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