STATE OF NEW YORK
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4628
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CASTRO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting smok-
ing in indoor common areas of multiple dwelling properties
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs q and r of subdivision 1 of section 1399-o of
2 the public health law, as amended by chapter 389 of the laws of 2011,
3 are amended and a new paragraph s is added to read as follows:
4 q. zoos; [and]
5 r. bingo facilities[.]; and
6 s. common areas of multiple dwellings, including elevators, hallways,
7 entrances, and exits. For the purposes of this paragraph:
8 (1) "multiple dwelling" shall mean a dwelling that is occupied for
9 permanent residence purposes of three or more families living independ-
10 ently of each other.
11 (2) "permanent residence purposes" shall consist of occupancy of a
12 dwelling unit by the same natural person or family for thirty consec-
13 utive days or more.
14 (3) "dwelling unit" shall mean any room or group of rooms located
15 within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities
16 which are used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human
17 occupants.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
19 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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