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Assembly Bill A4699

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subway trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation

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2015-A4699 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1266-k, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A10189
2017-2018: A3752
2019-2020: A4869
2021-2022: A3991
2023-2024: A2570
2025-2026: A1906

2015-A4699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subway trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation.

2015-A4699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4699

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
  notification to customers of bed  bug  infestations  on  MTA  subways,
  trains and buses

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

  Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1266-k to read as follows:
  S  1266-K.  NOTIFICATION  OF BED BUG INFESTATIONS. THE AUTHORITY SHALL
ESTABLISH A SYSTEM TO  NOTIFY  CUSTOMERS  OF  BED  BUG  INFESTATIONS  ON
SUBWAYS,  TRAINS AND BUSES, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF DISCOVERING SUCH
INFESTATION. SUCH SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE NOTIFICATION THROUGH  THE  AUTHORI-
TY'S WEBPAGE, OR BY EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06514-02-5

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