S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8187
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 1, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. TITUS -- (at request of the Department of Labor)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the safety of amusement
devices at places of public accommodation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 870-a of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 643 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
1. The purpose of this article is to guard against personal injuries
in the assembly, disassembly and use of amusement devices, viewing
stands and tents at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks AND AMUSEMENT
DEVICES AT PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION to persons employed at or
attending the same, and, in the event of a personal injury, to insure to
the injured party the possibility of financial recovery as against the
owner of the carnival, fair [or], amusement park OR PLACE OF PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATION where the injury occurred.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 870-b of the labor law, as amended by
chapter 643 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
1. This article applies to amusement devices, viewing stands and tents
at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks where an admission or fee is
customarily or usually charged located within the state, TO AMUSEMENT
DEVICES AT PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION and to the managers of such
devices, to the persons employed in connection with the same and to
their employees.
§ 3. Section 870-c of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 18 to read as follows:
18. "PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION" MEANS ANY COMMERCIAL ESTABLISH-
MENTS DEALING WITH GOODS AND SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THOSE THAT
SELL OR PROVIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SHOP-
PING CENTERS, MALLS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STORES, RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND
ANY OTHER PLACE DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 4. Section 870-i of the labor law, as amended by chapter 643 of the
laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
§ 870-i. Additional rule making. The commissioner may make additional
rules consistent with this article guarding against personal injuries in
the assembly, disassembly and use of amusement devices, viewing stands
and tents at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks AND AMUSEMENT DEVICES
AT PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION to persons employed at or to persons
attending the carnivals, fairs [and], amusement parks, AND PLACES OF
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. Where the carnivals, fairs [and], amusement parks,
AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION are located within the city of New
York, the department of buildings of the city of New York may also make
and enforce such additional rules.
§ 5. Subdivision (a) of section 870-m of the labor law, as amended by
chapter 643 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In the case of an amusement device, viewing stand or tent operated
in a carnival, fair [or], amusement park OR PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMO-
DATION located in a city having a population of over one million, a
permit or license issued by such city shall satisfy the requirements of
section eight hundred seventy-d of this article, provided that all the
requirements for issuance of a permit by the commissioner have been
satisfied.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.