Prohibits a business from limiting access to its public restrooms to paying customers of such business; provides that a violation shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5728
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to access to
public restrooms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 399-ii to read as follows:
3 § 399-ii. Public restroom access. 1. No person, firm, partnership,
4 association, limited liability company, corporation or other business
5 entity that offers access to restroom facilities to the public shall
6 require, as a condition for such access, that such person be a paying
7 customer of such business.
8 2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable
9 by a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each
10 violation.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09751-01-9
