STATE OF NEW YORK
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5787
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the multiple dwelling law, in
relation to prohibiting smoking in multiple dwellings constructed
after January 1, 2020 in certain cities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs q and r of subdivision 1 of section 1399-o of
2 the public health law, as amended by chapter 335 of the laws of 2017,
3 are amended and a new paragraph s is added to read as follows:
4 q. zoos; [and]
5 r. bingo facilities[.]; and
6 s. multiple dwellings or the units therein for dwellings for which
7 construction is completed on or after January first, two thousand twen-
8 ty, in accordance with subdivision seven of this section.
9 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1399-q of the public health law, as
10 amended by chapter 335 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
11 follows:
12 1. Private homes, private residences, except in multiple dwellings or
13 the units therein for dwellings for which construction is completed on
14 or after January first, two thousand twenty, in accordance with subdivi-
15 sion seven of this section, and private automobiles;
16 § 3. Section 1399-o of the public health law is amended by adding a
17 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
18 7. Smoking shall be prohibited in any multiple dwelling and the units
19 therein for which construction is completed on or after January first,
20 two thousand twenty, in a city with a population of one million or more.
21 For purposes of this subdivision construction shall be deemed completed
22 upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
23 § 4. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 85
24 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 85. Smoking prohibited; new multiple dwellings. In a city with a
2 population of one million or more, smoking shall be prohibited in any
3 part of a multiple dwelling for which a certificate of occupancy is
4 issued on or after January first, two thousand twenty.
5 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.