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                                   8710
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2022
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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.