NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6656A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020	committed to rules
Feb 27, 2020	advanced to third reading
Feb 26, 2020	2nd report cal.
Feb 25, 2020	1st report cal.484
Jan 08, 2020	referred to health
Dec 11, 2019	print number 6656a
Dec 11, 2019	amend and recommit to rules
Aug 19, 2019	referred to rules

Votes

- Feb 25, 2020 - Health Committee Vote
  S6656A
  
  Aye
  
  11
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  2
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Health Committee Vote: Feb 25, 2020
      
      aye (11)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (2)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Ortt
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Jacobs
      
      Little

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2019-S6656 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1352-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S3536

2019-S6656 - Summary

Requires food establishments to secure grease trap and interceptor manholes that are located outdoors or accessible to the general public; includes requirements for the conspicuous posting of warning signs and provides for annual inspections of compliance.

2019-S6656 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6656 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6656
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  securing  of
   grease traps  and interceptors by food establishments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1352-f to read as follows:
   § 1352-F. SECURING OF GREASE TRAPS AND INTERCEPTORS BY FOOD ESTABLISH-
 MENTS.  1.   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "FOOD ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL
 MEAN ANY BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE  PREPARATION,  SALE  OR
 SERVICE OF FOOD.
   2. A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE THAT
 IS  LOCATED  OUTDOORS  OR  ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHALL ENSURE
 THAT SUCH MANHOLE IS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND EXPECTED  LOADS  AND  PREVENT
 ACCESS  BY  CHILDREN.  THE  MANHOLE  COVER SHALL BE SECURED BY A BOLT OR
 LOCKING MECHANISM OR BE  CONSTRUCTED  OF  ROUND  CAST  IRON  OR  SIMILAR
 CONSTRUCTION  RATED  FOR  HEAVY  ROAD  TRAFFIC WITH SUFFICIENT WEIGHT TO
 PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS. A PUBLIC WATER OR SEWER AUTHORITY MAY SPEC-
 IFY EITHER MANNER OF MANHOLE ACCESS EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDED IT CONFORMS TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION AND PREVENTS UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.
   3. (A) A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR  MANHOLE
 THAT  IS  LOCATED  OUTDOORS  OR  ACCESSIBLE  TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHALL
 ENSURE THAT SUCH GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE IS SECURED OR LOCKED
 AT ALL TIMES.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A  FOOD  ESTAB-
 LISHMENT MAY UNSECURE OR UNLOCK A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF CLEANING, MAINTENANCE OR INSPECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT NO FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL ALLOW OR CAUSE SUCH MANHOLE  TO  BE  OR
 REMAIN UNATTENDED WHILE UNSECURED OR UNLOCKED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13511-05-9

 S. 6656                             2
 
   4.  A  FOOD  ESTABLISHMENT  WITH  A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE
 SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY A WARNING  SIGN  AT  THE  LOCATION  OF  SUCH
 MANHOLE.  THE  FORM AND CONTENT OF SUCH SIGN SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   5.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  OR  HIS  OR  HER DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT OR
 EMPLOYEE, SHALL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE COMPLIANCE  OF  EACH
 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  EVERY  OWNER, OPERATOR, LESSOR, LESSEE OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF ANY
 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL PERMIT THE COMMISSIONER, OR  HIS  OR  HER  DULY
 AUTHORIZED  AGENTS  OR EMPLOYEES, TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL PARTS OF ANY AND
 ALL OF SUCH FOOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF  ASCERTAINING  WHETHER
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE BEING OBSERVED.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

co-Sponsors

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1352-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S3536

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6656A

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
the securing of grease traps  and interceptors by food establishments

 
PURPOSE:

An act to amend public health law to clarify and ensure that: all grease
traps and interceptors that are located outdoors or accessible to the
general public shall be secured and inspected annually. Proper signage
must also be installed and visible to notify the general public of the
manhole opening of a grease trap or interceptor, to increase awareness
off potential risks of an unsecured covering.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill names the bill as "Bryce's Law"

Section 2 of the bill creates a new section 1352-f of the public health
law in relation to securing grease traps and interceptors by food estab-

lishments.

Section 3 sets the effective date

 
PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION:

On July 15th, 2019 a horrible tragedy occurred when 3-year old Bryce
Raynor fell through an unsecured plastic lid of an underground grease
interceptor. Although the young boy was pulled from the trap minutes
after he fell in, efforts to resuscitate him were not successful. Even
more tragic is that this was not the first child to die under similar
circumstances. There are several documented occurrences of children
dying after falling into unsecured grease interceptors across the United
States, including New Jersey.

This bill will help prevent future tragedies by setting guidelines for
grease traps and interceptors that are located in a public are a, making
them safer for the general public.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect thirtieth day after it is signed into law.

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6656--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to the securing of
   grease traps  and interceptors by food establishments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Bryce's law".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  1352-f
 to read as follows:
   § 1352-F. SECURING OF GREASE TRAPS AND INTERCEPTORS BY FOOD ESTABLISH-
 MENTS.  1.   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "FOOD ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL
 MEAN ANY BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE  PREPARATION,  SALE  OR
 SERVICE OF FOOD.
   2. A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE THAT
 IS  LOCATED  OUTDOORS  OR  ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHALL ENSURE
 THAT SUCH MANHOLE IS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND EXPECTED  LOADS  AND  PREVENT
 ACCESS  BY  CHILDREN.  THE  MANHOLE  COVER SHALL BE SECURED BY A BOLT OR
 LOCKING MECHANISM OR BE  CONSTRUCTED  OF  ROUND  CAST  IRON  OR  SIMILAR
 CONSTRUCTION  RATED  FOR  HEAVY  ROAD  TRAFFIC WITH SUFFICIENT WEIGHT TO
 PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS. SUCH GREASE  TRAP  OR  INTERCEPTOR  MANHOLE
 SHALL  INCLUDE  A  SECONDARY PROTECTION DEVICE CONSISTING OF A SCREEN OR
 NETTING SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT A PERSON FROM FALLING INTO  SUCH  TRAP  OR
 INTERCEPTOR. A PUBLIC WATER OR SEWER AUTHORITY MAY SPECIFY EITHER MANNER
 OF  MANHOLE ACCESS EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDED IT CONFORMS TO THIS SUBDIVISION
 AND PREVENTS UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.
   3. (A) A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR  MANHOLE
 THAT  IS  LOCATED  OUTDOORS  OR  ACCESSIBLE  TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13511-09-9

 S. 6656--A                          2
 
 ENSURE THAT SUCH GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE IS SECURED OR LOCKED
 AT ALL TIMES.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A FOOD ESTAB-
 LISHMENT MAY UNSECURE OR UNLOCK A GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING, MAINTENANCE OR INSPECTION,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  NO  FOOD  ESTABLISHMENT SHALL ALLOW OR CAUSE SUCH MANHOLE TO BE OR
 REMAIN UNATTENDED WHILE UNSECURED OR UNLOCKED.
   4. A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH A  GREASE  TRAP  OR  INTERCEPTOR  MANHOLE
 SHALL  CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAY  A  WARNING  SIGN  AT THE LOCATION OF SUCH
 MANHOLE. THE FORM AND CONTENT OF SUCH SIGN SHALL BE PROMULGATED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   5.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  OR  HIS  OR  HER DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT OR
 EMPLOYEE, SHALL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE COMPLIANCE  OF  EACH
 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  EVERY  OWNER, OPERATOR, LESSOR, LESSEE OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF ANY
 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL PERMIT THE COMMISSIONER, OR  HIS  OR  HER  DULY
 AUTHORIZED  AGENTS  OR EMPLOYEES, TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL PARTS OF ANY AND
 ALL OF SUCH FOOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF  ASCERTAINING  WHETHER
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE BEING OBSERVED.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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Health Committee Vote: Feb 25, 2020

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2019-S6656 - Details

2019-S6656 - Summary

2019-S6656 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6656 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

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2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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2019-S6656 - Details

2019-S6656 - Summary

2019-S6656 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6656 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

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2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6656A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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