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Jan 20, 2015 | referred to health |
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Jeffrey Dinowitz
Ellen C. Jaffee
Vivian Cook
Earlene Hooper
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Carmen E. Arroyo
Edward Braunstein
Marcos Crespo
Deborah Glick
A2595 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2595 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, COOK, HOOPER, CLARK, GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, CAMARA, CRESPO, GLICK, HEASTIE, MOSLEY, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including elec- tronic cigarettes within provisions regulating smoking in certain public areas THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 1399-n of the public health law, as amended by chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended and two new subdivisions 9 and 10 are added to read as follows: 8. "Smoking" means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco, AND THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE. 9. "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE" OR "E-CIGARETTE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-AA OF THIS CHAPTER. 10. "RETAIL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE STORE" MEANS A RETAIL STORE DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, AND IN WHICH THE SALE OF OTHER PRODUCTS IS MERELY INCIDENTAL. THE SALE OF SUCH OTHER PRODUCTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED INCIDENTAL IF SUCH SALES GENERATE LESS THAN TWENTY- FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL GROSS SALES. S 2. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 1399-q of the public health law, as added by chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new subdi- vision 8 is added to read as follows: 6. Outdoor dining areas of food service establishments with no roof or other ceiling enclosure; provided, however, that smoking may be permit- ted in a contiguous area designated for smoking so long as such area: (a) constitutes no more than twenty-five percent of the outdoor seating capacity of such food service establishment, (b) is at least three feet EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04219-02-5