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                                   8770
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  public  authorities  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring grease traps at food service establishments be
   designed to withstand expected loads and prevent unauthorized  access;
   and to repeal certain provisions of the executive law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 376-b of the executive law, as added by  a  chapter
 of  the  laws of 2021 amending the executive law and the public authori-
 ties law relating to securing grease  traps  and  interceptors  at  food
 establishments,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3536-A and
 A.  7506, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivision 18 of section 378 of the executive law, as renumbered
 by section 1 of part LL of chapter 58 of the laws of 2018, is renumbered
 subdivision 19 and a new subdivision 18 is added to read as follows:
   18. STANDARDS REQUIRING THAT GREASE TRAPS OR INTERCEPTORS LOCATED IN A
 PLACE THAT MAY BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC, OR LOCATED INSIDE  ANY  FOOD
 SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENT, OR LOCATED IN ANY OTHER BUILDING THAT IS OPEN TO
 THE PUBLIC, SHALL BE DESIGNED AND MAINTAINED TO WITHSTAND EXPECTED LOADS
 AND TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS. SUCH STANDARDS  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE
 REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF A WARNING SIGN OR SYMBOL, AS DETERMINED BY
 THE COUNCIL, ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF SUCH GREASE TRAPS OR INTERCEPTORS.
 SUCH  STANDARDS  SHALL APPLY TO NEW AND EXISTING GREASE TRAPS AND INTER-
 CEPTORS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FOOD SERVICE  ESTABLISH-
 MENT"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS IN PART FOURTEEN OF TITLE TEN OF
 THE NEW YORK CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   § 3. Section 2858 of the public authorities law, as added by a chapter
 of the laws of 2021 amending the executive law and the  public  authori-
 ties  law  relating  to  securing  grease traps and interceptors at food
 establishments, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  3536-A  and
 A.  7506, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2858.  Public  water  and sewer authority powers. A public water or
 sewer authority, created pursuant to article five of this chapter, shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 have the power to specify the manner in which exterior  manhole  covers,
 containing grease traps or interceptors shall be regulated and inspected
 to  prevent  unauthorized  access,  IN  ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET
 FORTH IN THE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE PURSUANT TO ARTI-
 CLE EIGHTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the executive  law  and
 the  public authorities law relating to securing grease traps and inter-
 ceptors at food establishments, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S.  3536-A and A. 7506, takes effect.