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Senate Bill S848

2015-2016 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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2015-S848 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §500, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1826
2011-2012: S540
2013-2014: S2258

2015-S848 (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.

2015-S848 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S848 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   848

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  DILAN,  PARKER, SAMPSON -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 II 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.

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