Assembly Bill A6951B

2015-2016 Legislative Session

In relation to excluding patios and other outdoor areas on the premises of any entity licensed to operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean Indoor Air Act

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

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2015-A6951 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4115
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-q, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4316, S736
2019-2020: A3764
2021-2022: A1838
2023-2024: A3628

2015-A6951 - Summary

Relates to excluding patios and other outdoor areas on the premises of any entity licensed to operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean Indoor Air Act.

2015-A6951 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6951

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  excluding  patios
  and  other  outdoor  areas  on  the premises of any entity licensed to
  operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean
  Indoor Air act

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

  Section  1.  Section  1399-q  of  the public health law, as amended by
chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1399-q. Smoking restrictions inapplicable. This  article  shall  not
apply to:
  1. Private homes, private residences and private automobiles;
  2. A hotel or motel room rented to one or more guests;
  3. Retail tobacco businesses;
  4. Membership associations; provided, however, that smoking shall only
be  allowed  in  membership associations in which all of the duties with
respect to the operation of such association, including, but not limited
to, the preparation of food and  beverages,  the  service  of  food  and
beverages,  reception and secretarial work, and the security services of
the membership association are performed by members of  such  membership
association who do not receive compensation of any kind from the member-
ship association or any other entity for the performance of such duties;
  5. Cigar bars that, in the calendar year ending December thirty-first,
two  thousand  two,  generated  ten  percent or more of its total annual
gross income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and the rental of
on-site humidors, not including any sales from vending machines, and  is
registered  with  the  appropriate  enforcement  officer,  as defined in
subdivision one of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-t of this  arti-
cle.  Such registration shall remain in effect for one year and shall be
renewable only if: (a) in the preceding calendar  year,  the  cigar  bar

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09534-01-5
              

2015-A6951A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4115
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-q, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4316, S736
2019-2020: A3764
2021-2022: A1838
2023-2024: A3628

2015-A6951A - Summary

Relates to excluding patios and other outdoor areas on the premises of any entity licensed to operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean Indoor Air Act.

2015-A6951A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6951--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  excluding  patios
  and  other  outdoor  areas  on  the premises of any entity licensed to
  operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean
  Indoor Air act

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

  Section  1.  Section  1399-q  of  the public health law, as amended by
chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1399-q. Smoking restrictions inapplicable. This  article  shall  not
apply to:
  1. Private homes, private residences and private automobiles;
  2. A hotel or motel room rented to one or more guests;
  3. Retail tobacco businesses;
  4. Membership associations; provided, however, that smoking shall only
be  allowed  in  membership associations in which all of the duties with
respect to the operation of such association, including, but not limited
to, the preparation of food and  beverages,  the  service  of  food  and
beverages,  reception and secretarial work, and the security services of
the membership association are performed by members of  such  membership
association who do not receive compensation of any kind from the member-
ship association or any other entity for the performance of such duties;
  5. Cigar bars that, in the calendar year ending December thirty-first,
two  thousand  two,  generated  ten  percent or more of its total annual
gross income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and the rental of
on-site humidors, not including any sales from vending machines, and  is
registered  with  the  appropriate  enforcement  officer,  as defined in
subdivision one of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-t of this  arti-
cle.  Such registration shall remain in effect for one year and shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09534-02-5
              

2015-A6951B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4115
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-q, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4316, S736
2019-2020: A3764
2021-2022: A1838
2023-2024: A3628

2015-A6951B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to excluding patios and other outdoor areas on the premises of any entity licensed to operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean Indoor Air Act.

2015-A6951B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6951--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to excluding patios
  and other outdoor areas on the premises  of  any  entity  licensed  to
  operate a video lottery gaming facility from restrictions of the Clean
  Indoor Air act

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

  Section 1. Section 1399-q of the public  health  law,  as  amended  by
chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1399-q.  Smoking  restrictions inapplicable. This article shall not
apply to:
  1. Private homes, private residences and private automobiles;
  2. A hotel or motel room rented to one or more guests;
  3. Retail tobacco businesses;
  4. Membership associations; provided, however, that smoking shall only
be allowed in membership associations in which all of  the  duties  with
respect to the operation of such association, including, but not limited
to,  the  preparation  of  food  and  beverages, the service of food and
beverages, reception and secretarial work, and the security services  of
the  membership  association are performed by members of such membership
association who do not receive compensation of any kind from the member-
ship association or any other entity for the performance of such duties;
  5. Cigar bars that, in the calendar year ending December thirty-first,
two thousand two, generated ten percent or  more  of  its  total  annual
gross income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and the rental of
on-site  humidors, not including any sales from vending machines, and is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09534-05-6
              

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