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                                  10495

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  the  highway  law  and  the
  public  health law, in relation to establishing the lactation accommo-
  dation in public transportation facilities act

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

  Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
  S 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by  chapter
876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
  S 361-c.  [Tourist  information]  SERVICE facilities. 1. The authority
shall provide tourist information services at all  service  areas  where
food  is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
or local and regional  tourist  promotion  agencies  shall  provide  the
authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
for distribution to the traveling public.
  2.  WHEN  THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SERVICE AREA, OR THE REPLACE-
MENT, EXPANSION, OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING SERVICE  AREA,
THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  PROVIDE A PRIVATE ROOM FOR NURSING MOTHERS AT ALL
SERVICE AREAS WHERE FOOD IS OFFERED FOR SALE. A PRIVATE ROOM FOR NURSING
MOTHERS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND
  (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CONFINEMENT OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
  S 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 5 to read as follows:
  5. WHEN THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW  ROADSIDE  REST  AREA,  OR  THE
REPLACEMENT,  EXPANSION,  OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING ROAD-
SIDE  REST  AREA  WHICH  HAS  A  RESTROOM  ALONG  NEW  YORK   INTERSTATE
EIGHTY-SEVEN  BETWEEN  EXIT  ONE  IN  THE  TOWN  OF GUILDERLAND AND EXIT
FORTY-THREE IN THE TOWN OF CHAMPLAIN,  COMMONLY  KNOWN  AS  STATE  ROUTE
EIGHTY-SEVEN  OR  THE  NORTHWAY,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROVIDE FOR A
PRIVATE ROOM OR AREA FOR NURSING MOTHERS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,
A  PRIVATE  ROOM FOR NURSING MOTHERS SHALL: (A) INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, A

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

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CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND (B) BE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE  CONFINE-
MENT OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
  S  4.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b
to read as follows:
  S 2505-B. PRIVATE PLACE FOR NURSING MOTHERS. 1. ON OR  BEFORE  JANUARY
FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, THE MANAGER OF A RAILROAD STATION OR BUS
STATION, CONSISTING OF AN INDOOR WAITING  AREA  WITH  PUBLIC  RESTROOMS,
OPERATED  BY  A  CITY, COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY, STATE, OR PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, THAT CONDUCTS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND THAT HAS MORE  THAN
FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND PASSENGERS A YEAR, SHALL PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER
LOCATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS  BREAST  MILK  IN  PRIVATE
THAT MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND
  (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
  2.  UPON  CONSTRUCTION  OF A NEW STATION THAT HAS INDOOR WAITING AREAS
WITH PUBLIC RESTROOMS OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN
EXISTING STATION, A RAILROAD OR BUS STATION SHALL PROVIDE A SINK IN  ANY
ROOM  OR OTHER LOCATION DESIGNATED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION.
  3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING STATION"  MEANS
THE  REPURPOSING  OF  MORE  THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SPACE IN THE
STATION.
  4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO RAILROAD  STATIONS  OPERATED
FOR  THE  SOLE  PURPOSE  OF  A  SUBWAY STATION OR RAPID TRANSIT RAILROAD
STATION.
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.