S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
September 9, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be
posted in lactation rooms at truck stops
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 390-d of the general busi-
ness law, as added by chapter 391 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
read as follows:
1. The operator of any truck stop shall make available in plain view
and in a conspicuous place and manner in all sanitary facilities avail-
able for public use AND IN ANY LACTATION ROOMS, informational cards
and/or signs developed by:
(i) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
(ii) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
3. For purposes of this section, ["truck] THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(I) "TRUCK stop" shall mean a facility that has the capacity to
provide fuel or service, or both, to any commercial motor vehicle as
defined by subdivision four of section five hundred one-a of the vehicle
and traffic law operating in commerce which is located within twenty-
five hundred feet of a controlled-access highway as defined by section
one hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law which has been func-
tionally classified by the department of transportation as principal
arterial - interstate or principal arterial - other freeway/expressway
on official functional classification maps approved by the federal high-
way administration pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code of
federal regulations, as amended from time to time.
(II) "LACTATION ROOM" SHALL MEAN A HYGIENIC PLACE, OTHER THAN A REST-
ROOM, THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BREASTFEED-
ING OR EXPRESSING BREAST MILK.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as section 1 of chapter 391 of the laws of 2022, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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