STATE OF NEW YORK
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10267
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the use of an
antimicrobial copper alloy for touch surfaces in new construction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 241-c to
2 read as follows:
3 § 241-c. New construction; solid antimicrobial copper alloy. 1. Any
4 publicly funded construction shall include touch surfaces made from
5 solid antimicrobial copper alloy.
6 2. As used in this section:
7 a. "Solid antimicrobial copper alloy" shall mean a solid copper alloy
8 that:
9 (i) is listed under United States environmental protection agency
10 registration number 82012-1, 82012-2, 82012-3, 82012-4, 82012-5, or
11 82012-6, or is otherwise identified by a unified numbering system code
12 in an environmental protection agency registration;
13 (ii) has a copper content of not less than sixty weight percent; and
14 (iii) has a content of not more than one-tenth weight percent of each
15 of the following: lead, chromium, and arsenic.
16 b. "Touch surface" shall mean any surface or fixture within a building
17 that a person frequently comes into contact with including but not
18 limited to: door handles, bathroom fixtures, bed rails, handrails and
19 light switches.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
21 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16057-01-0
