STATE OF NEW YORK
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7277--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY, GLICK, ROBERTS, DUPREY, DINOWITZ, JAFFEE,
WEISENBERG, PAULIN, CAHILL, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
CROUCH, FAHY, GALEF, ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa-
tion in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the use and sale of
tobacco at state-operated institutions of the state university of New
York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares
2 that it shall be the policy of the state university of New York (SUNY)
3 to ensure that all state-operated campuses embrace a tobacco-free envi-
4 ronment. Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the
5 United States and accounts for more annual deaths than suicide, murder,
6 HIV/AIDS, alcohol use, illegal drug use and motor vehicle injuries
7 combined. Using tobacco is a personal choice, a tobacco-free policy does
8 not take away an individual's right to choose to use tobacco, it does
9 limit where a person may use tobacco. SUNY respects an individual's
10 right to choose to use tobacco off campus, in places where it is accept-
11 able to do so. SUNY is first and foremost an educational institution.
12 § 2. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
13 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
14 20. The following are prohibited at state-operated institutions of the
15 state university of New York:
16 a. the use or sale of tobacco on all grounds and facilities owned,
17 leased or controlled by the state university or its related entities,
18 including indoor and outdoor locations; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 b. the use of tobacco in vehicles owned, rented or leased by the state
2 university or its affiliated entities. For purposes of this subdivision,
3 the "affiliated entities" of the state-operated institutions of the
4 state university are the foundations, auxiliary services corporations,
5 and alumni associations and subsidiaries thereof.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 2016.
