A10070 Summary:

BILL NOA10070A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07980-A
 
SPONSORWoerner
 
COSPNSRStirpe, Magee, Hunter, Schimel, Titone, Simon, Skartados, Rivera, Skoufis, Gunther, Benedetto, Lifton, Barrett
 
MLTSPNSRThiele
 
Add Art 18-B §§18-301 - 18-303, Gen Ob L
 
Relates to the inherent risks of operating agricultural tourism areas and participating in activities in agricultural tourism areas.
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A10070 Actions:

BILL NOA10070A
 
05/10/2016referred to judiciary
06/02/2016amend and recommit to judiciary
06/02/2016print number 10070a
06/15/2016reported referred to rules
06/16/2016reported
06/16/2016rules report cal.456
06/16/2016ordered to third reading rules cal.456
06/16/2016passed assembly
06/16/2016delivered to senate
06/16/2016REFERRED TO RULES
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A10070 Committee Votes:

JUDICIARY Chair:Weinstein DATE:06/15/2016AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
WeinsteinAyeMontesanoAye
DinowitzAyeBarclayAye
TitusAyeGoodellAye
LavineAyeGrafAye
ZebrowskiAyeLupinacciAye
WeprinAyePalumboAye
BraunsteinAye
SimotasAye
QuartAye
TitoneAye
BuchwaldAye
SteckAye
SeawrightAye
SimonAye
JoynerAye

RULES Chair:Heastie DATE:06/16/2016AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable
HeastieAyeKolbAye
GottfriedAyeTediscoAye
LentolAyeOaksAye
FarrellAyeButlerAye
GanttAyeCrouchAye
NolanAyeFinchExcused
WeinsteinAyeBarclayAye
HooperAyeRaiaAye
OrtizAyeDupreyAye
PretlowAye
CookAye
GlickAye
MorelleAye
AubryAye
EnglebrightAye
WrightExcused
DinowitzAye
ColtonAye
MagnarelliAye
PerryAye
MarkeyAye

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A10070 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/16/2016Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 142/0
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
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A10070 Text:



 
                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.
                                                                   LBD15305-03-6

        A. 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.
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