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                                   9406
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  transportation  law, in relation to information
   concerning  services  for  human  trafficking  victims  in  commercial
   service airports
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
 14-n to read as follows:
   §  14-N. INFORMATION CONCERNING SERVICES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
 IN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS AND GENERAL  AVIATION  AIRPORTS.  1.  THE
 OPERATOR  OF A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT  AND THE OPERATOR OF A GENERAL
 AVIATION AIRPORT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS, IN  PLAIN
 VIEW  AND  IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE AND MANNER, INFORMATIONAL CARDS AND/OR
 SIGNS DEVELOPED BY:
   (A) THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH THE NEW YORK STATE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING; OR
   (B) THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
   2.  ALL SUCH INFORMATIONAL CARDS AND SIGNS SHALL ONLY CONTAIN INFORMA-
 TION CONCERNING SERVICES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AND SHALL  PROMI-
 NENTLY INCLUDE THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
   3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY AIRPORT OPER-
 ATED BY A BI-STATE AUTHORITY.
   4.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "AIRPORT" SHALL MEAN AN AREA OF LAND OR WATER USED OR INTENDED  TO
 BE  USED FOR THE LANDING AND TAKING OFF OF AIRCRAFT, AN APPURTENANT AREA
 USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED  FOR  AIRPORT  BUILDINGS  OR  OTHER  AIRPORT
 FACILITIES  OR  RIGHTS  OF  WAY,  AND  AIRPORT  BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
 LOCATED IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS. SUCH TERM SHALL INCLUDE HELIPORTS;
   (B) "COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT" SHALL MEAN  A  PUBLIC  AIRPORT  OR  A
 PUBLIC-USE AIRPORT IN THE STATE THAT, AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES
 SECRETARY  OF TRANSPORTATION, HAS AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED PASSENGER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 BOARDINGS EACH  YEAR  AND  IS  RECEIVING  SCHEDULED  PASSENGER  AIRCRAFT
 SERVICE;
   (C)  "GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC AIRPORT OR A PUBL-
 IC-USE AIRPORT WITH PASSENGER BOARDINGS IN THE STATE THAT, AS DETERMINED
 BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, EITHER: (I)  DOES  NOT
 HAVE  SCHEDULED  SERVICE;  OR  (II) HAS SCHEDULED SERVICE WITH LESS THAN
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED PASSENGER BOARDINGS EACH YEAR;
   (D) "PASSENGER BOARDINGS" SHALL MEAN REVENUE  PASSENGER  BOARDINGS  IN
 THE  PRIOR  CALENDAR  YEAR ON AN AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE IN AIR COMMERCE, AS
 THE UNITED STATES  SECRETARY  OF  TRANSPORTATION  DETERMINES,  INCLUDING
 PASSENGERS  WHO  CONTINUE  ON  AN  AIRCRAFT IN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT THAT
 STOPS AT AN AIRPORT IN THE STATE FOR A NONTRAFFIC PURPOSE;
   (E) "PUBLIC AIRPORT" MEANS AN AIRPORT USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED  FOR
 PUBLIC  PURPOSES:  (I) THAT IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE STATE, A COUNTY,
 CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE OR A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY ; AND (II) OF WHICH
 THE AREA USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE  LANDING,  TAKING  OFF,  OR
 SURFACE  MANEUVERING  OF  AIRCRAFT IS PUBLICLY OWNED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY AIRPORT OPERATED BY A BI-STATE  AUTHORI-
 TY; AND
   (F)  "PUBLIC-USE  AIRPORT"  SHALL MEAN AN AIRPORT AVAILABLE FOR USE BY
 THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRIOR APPROVAL  OF  THE
 OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  THEREOF EXCEPT AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR
 REGULATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.