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Assembly Bill A7214A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Excludes certain programs from the definition of summer day camp for the year 2011

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2011-A7214 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1392, Pub Health L

2011-A7214 - Summary

Excludes programs run by a town, village, or other governmental entity from the definition of summer day camp for the year 2011.

2011-A7214 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7214

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to excluding  certain
  programs from the definition of summer day camp for the year 2011

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1392 of the public health law,  as
amended  by  chapter  439  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. "Summer day camp" shall mean a property consisting of  a  tract  of
land  and any tents, vehicles, buildings or other structures that may be
pertinent to its use, any part of which may be occupied on  a  scheduled
basis at any time between June first and September fifteenth in any year
by  children  under  sixteen years of age under general supervision, for
the purpose of indoor or outdoor organized group  activities,  involving
nonpassive  recreational  activities with significant risk of injury, as
such activities are defined by the department in rules and  regulations,
for  a  period of less than twenty-four hours on any day the property is
so occupied, and on which no provisions are made for overnight occupancy
by such children; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  SUMMER  DAY  CAMP  SHALL  NOT
INCLUDE ANY SUMMER DAY CAMP RUN BY A TOWN, VILLAGE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITY IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.  The commissioner shall have the
power to except by rule from this article and the sanitary code a place,
facility or activity that is not within the intent of this definition.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10832-01-1

multi-Sponsors

2011-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1392, Pub Health L

2011-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes programs run by a town, village, or other governmental entity from the definition of summer day camp for the year 2011.

2011-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7214--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PALMES-
  ANO  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to excluding  certain
  programs from the definition of summer day camp for the year 2011

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1392 of the public health law,  as
amended  by  chapter  439  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. "Summer day camp" shall mean a property consisting of  a  tract  of
land  and any tents, vehicles, buildings or other structures that may be
pertinent to its use, any part of which may be occupied on  a  scheduled
basis at any time between June first and September fifteenth in any year
by  children  under  sixteen years of age under general supervision, for
the purpose of indoor or outdoor organized group  activities,  involving
nonpassive  recreational  activities with significant risk of injury, as
such activities are defined by the department in rules and  regulations,
for  a  period of less than twenty-four hours on any day the property is
so occupied, and on which no provisions are made for overnight occupancy
by such children; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  SUMMER  DAY  CAMP  SHALL  NOT
INCLUDE ANY SUMMER DAY CAMP RUN BY A TOWN, VILLAGE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITY  IN  THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN UNLESS SUCH SUMMER DAY CAMP HAD
BEEN PERMITTED ACCORDINGLY BY THE DEPARTMENT AND DEEMED TO BE  A  SUMMER
DAY  CAMP  PRIOR  TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.  The commissioner
shall have the power to except by rule from this article and  the  sani-
tary code a place, facility or activity that is not within the intent of
this definition.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10832-03-1

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