Requires owners of multiple dwellings in a city with a population of one million or more to comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions for the control of mosquitos; further repeals section 1503 of the public health law establishing exemptions for the city of New York from the requirements for municipal insect control.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
1345
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to mosquito
control and to repeal section 1503 of the public health law relating
thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new
2 section 85 to read as follows:
3 § 85. Mosquito control. The owner of every multiple dwelling, where
4 such dwelling is in a city with a population of one million or more,
5 shall comply with all state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regu-
6 lations, and resolutions for the control of mosquitos and mosquito
7 larvae pursuant to article fifteen of the public health law.
8 § 2. Section 1503 of the public health law is REPEALED.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that any rule or
10 regulation necessary for the implementation of this act, or any section
11 of this act, is authorized and directed to be made and completed within
12 60 days after the date on which this act shall have become a law.
REPEAL NOTE.--Section 1503 of the public health law, repealed by
section two of this act, establishes exemptions for the city of New York
from the requirements of sections 1500, 1501, and 1502 of the public
health law for municipal insect control.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01297-01-9
