Assembly Bill A4922

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the department of agriculture and markets must order a retail food store failing inspection to cease operations or suspend or revoke its license

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4922 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S540
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง500, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9956, S1826
2013-2014: A3736, S2258
2015-2016: A4396, S848

2011-A4922 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the department of agriculture and markets must order a retail food store failing three consecutive sanitary inspections to cease retail operations or suspend or revoke its license until it passes inspection; also provides for a five hundred dollar fine for stores failing to post inspection reports or make copies available to the public upon request.

2011-A4922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4922

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in  relation  to  sanc-
  tions   for  violations  of  retail  food  store  sanitary  inspection
  provisions

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

  Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 500 of the agriculture and
markets law, as amended by section 8 of part I1 of  chapter  62  of  the
laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  2. Each retail food store shall post a copy of the date and results of
its  most  recent sanitary inspection by the department in a conspicuous
location near each public entrance, as prescribed by  the  commissioner.
Such  copies  shall  also  be made available to the public upon request.
ANY RETAIL STORE THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL
BE  SUBJECT  TO  A PENALTY OF UP TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY OF
VIOLATION.
  4. The department shall inspect each retail food store at  least  once
in  every  twelve  month  period.  Any  store that fails two consecutive
inspections shall be inspected at least once in every six  month  period
until  it  has  passed  two consecutive inspections. In the event that a
retail food store fails three consecutive  inspections,  the  department
[may,  in  its  discretion,] SHALL order such establishment to cease all
retail operation until it passes inspection or  suspend  or  revoke  any
license  issued  to  such  establishment pursuant to article twenty-C of
this chapter.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
agriculture  and  markets  is  authorized  to promulgate rules and regu-
lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its  effec-
tive date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04226-01-1

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