A10070 Summary:
BILL NO | A10070A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07980-A |
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SPONSOR | Woerner |
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COSPNSR | Stirpe, Magee, Hunter, Schimel, Titone, Simon, Skartados, Rivera, Skoufis, Gunther, Benedetto, Lifton, Barrett |
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MLTSPNSR | Thiele |
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Add Art 18-B §§18-301 - 18-303, Gen Ob L | |
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Relates to the inherent risks of operating agricultural tourism areas and participating in activities in agricultural tourism areas. |
A10070 Actions:
BILL NO | A10070A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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05/10/2016 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2016 | amend and recommit to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2016 | print number 10070a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2016 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2016 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2016 | rules report cal.456 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2016 | ordered to third reading rules cal.456 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2016 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2016 | REFERRED TO RULES |
A10070 Committee Votes:
Weinstein | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Aye | Goodell | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | Graf | Aye | ||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | Lupinacci | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Quart | Aye | ||||||||
Titone | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Steck | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Aye | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Tedisco | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Farrell | Aye | Butler | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Finch | Excused | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Hooper | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Duprey | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | ||||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Morelle | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Wright | Excused | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Markey | Aye | ||||||||
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A10070 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Blake
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
ER
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
ER
Finch
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Galef
ER
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cancel
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
ER
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simanowitz
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A10070 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10070--A IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, NOJAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the inherent risks of operating agricultural tourism areas and participating in activities in agricultural tourism areas The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new 2 article 18-B to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 18-B 4 SAFETY IN AGRICULTURAL TOURISM 5 Section 18-301. Short title. 6 18-302. Definitions. 7 18-303. Duties of operators and visitors of agricultural tourism 8 areas. 9 § 18-301. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as 10 the "safety in agricultural tourism act". 11 § 18-302. Definitions. For purposes of this article, "agricultural 12 tourism" means activities, including the production of maple sap and 13 pure maple products made therefrom, farm and winery tours, equine thera- 14 py, u-pick Christmas trees, hiking, hunting and other forms of outdoor 15 recreation offered to farm visitors, conducted by a farmer on-farm for 16 the enjoyment and/or education of the public, which primarily promote 17 the sale, marketing, production, harvesting or use of the products of 18 the farm and enhance the public's understanding and awareness of farming 19 and farm life. 20 § 18-303. Duties of operators and visitors of agricultural tourism 21 areas. 1. Operators of agricultural tourism areas shall have the follow- 22 ing additional duties: 23 a. To post and maintain way finding signage to delineate the paths, 24 areas and buildings that are open to the public; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15305-03-6A. 10070--A 2 1 b. To adequately train employees who are actively involved in agricul- 2 tural tourism activities; 3 c. To post at every point of sale or distribution of tickets, whether 4 on or off the premises of the agricultural tourism area, a conspicuous 5 "Warning to Visitors" relative to the inherent risks of participating in 6 activities on working farms and to imprint upon all tickets sold or 7 distributed, such text and graphics as the commissioner of agriculture 8 and markets shall specify, which shall conspicuously direct the atten- 9 tion of all visitors to the required "Warning to Visitors"; 10 d. To post at every point of sale or distribution of tickets at an 11 agricultural tourism area a conspicuous notice to visitors that this 12 article prescribes certain duties for visitors, and to make copies of 13 this article in its entirety available without charge upon request to 14 visitors in a central location at the agricultural tourism area; 15 e. To make available written instruction or to provide education for 16 visitors relative to the risks inherent in the activities on working 17 farms and the duties prescribed for visitors by this section, and to 18 conspicuously post notice of the time and places of availability of such 19 instruction and education in locations where it is likely to be seen by 20 visitors; and 21 f. To post conspicuous notice to visitors of the right to a refund to 22 the purchaser in the amount paid in the initial sale of any tickets 23 returned to the operator of the agricultural tourism area, intact and 24 unused, upon declaration by such purchaser that he or she is unprepared 25 or unwilling to participate in the agricultural tourism activity due to 26 the risks inherent in the activities or the duties imposed upon him or 27 her by this section. 28 2. Visitors to agricultural tourism areas have the following duties to 29 enable them to make informed decisions as to the advisability of their 30 participation in agricultural tourism activities: 31 a. To comply with posted way finding signs and remain in areas desig- 32 nated for the agricultural tourism activity; 33 b. To follow any and all written information or conspicuously posted 34 rules of conduct provided by such operator to visitors; and 35 c. Not to willfully remove, deface, alter or otherwise damage signage, 36 warning devices or implements or other safety devices. 37 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.