Assembly Bill A8336

                             
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                                   8336
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMONE, KELLES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and chapter 154 of  the  laws
   of 1921, relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, in
   relation  to contracts to provide food services at authority owned and
   operated transportation facilities and rest areas
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 390 to read as follows:
   § 390. CONTRACTS FOR FOOD SERVICE.  ANY CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO FOR THE
 OPERATION OF FOOD SERVICES OR FOOD CONCESSIONS AT PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION
 FACILITIES  OWNED  OR  OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE THAT SUCH
 SERVICES BE PROVIDED EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION  THE  TERM  "PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  FACILITIES"  SHALL MEAN AND
 INCLUDE THRUWAY REST AREAS, SERVICE AREAS  AND  WELCOME  CENTERS.    THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO TEMPORARY CONCESSIONS OR
 EVENTS INCLUDING FARMERS'  MARKETS,  FLEA  MARKETS  OR    LOCAL  VENDORS
 LICENSED OR PERMITTED TO OPERATE BY THE AUTHORITY.
   §  2.  Subparagraph 6 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of article IV of
 section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws  of  1921,  relating  to  the  port
 authority  of  New York and New Jersey, as amended by chapter 495 of the
 laws of 2023, is amended and a new subparagraph 7 is added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (6)  PROVIDE  information  concerning  services  for human trafficking
 victims in port authority bus terminals. 1. Any bus terminal  maintained
 or operated by the port authority shall make available in plain view and
 in  a  conspicuous  place  and manner in the public restrooms and in any
 lactation rooms, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
   2. All informational cards and signs shall  only  contain  information
 concerning  services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
 include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
   3. For purposes of this section, "lactation room" shall mean a hygien-
 ic place, other than a restroom, that: (a) is shielded from view; (b) is
 free  from  intrusion;  (c) contains a chair, a working surface, and, if
 the building is otherwise   supplied  with  electricity,  an  electrical
 outlet;  and  (d)  is  intended  to  be  used for the primary purpose of
 breastfeeding or expressing breast milk[.]; AND
   (7) ESTABLISH A POLICY  THAT  CONTRACTS  FOR  THE  OPERATION  OF  FOOD
 SERVICES  OR FOOD CONCESSIONS AT TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OWNED BY SUCH
 AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE THAT SUCH SERVICES BE PROVIDED EVERY DAY OF  THE
 WEEK.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "TRANSPORTATION FACILI-
 TIES" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE BUS STATIONS, TRAIN  STATIONS,  REST  AREAS
 AND  MARINE  TERMINAL FACILITIES.   THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 NOT APPLY TO TEMPORARY CONCESSIONS OR EVENTS INCLUDING FARMERS' MARKETS,
 FLEA MARKETS OR  LOCAL VENDORS LICENSED OR PERMITTED TO OPERATE  BY  THE
 AUTHORITY.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall apply to contracts entered into on and after
 such date; provided, however that section two of this act  shall    take
 effect  upon    the   enactment   into law by the state of New Jersey of
 legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if  the  state
 of  New Jersey shall have already enacted such legislation, such section
 shall take  effect immediately;  provided  that   the   chairman of  the
 port  authority of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting
 commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the enactment of the  legislation
 provided for in section two of this act in order that the commission may
 maintain   an  accurate and  timely  effective  database of the official
 text of the laws of the state of New York in  furtherance  of effectuat-
 ing  the  provisions  of section  44  of the legislative law and section
 70-b of the public officers law.