STATE OF NEW YORK
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5788--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the regulation of
smoking and vaping on the grounds and other outdoor areas of public
colleges and universities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1399-ii of the
2 public health law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 1999, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (b) School-based programs, including those located at colleges and
5 universities, to prevent and reduce tobacco use;
6 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1399-o of the public health law is
7 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
8 c. on the grounds or other outdoor areas of any public college or
9 university that are owned, leased or operated by such college or univer-
10 sity, except that the restrictions in this paragraph shall not apply to
11 any outdoor spaces or areas that are shared between the college or
12 university and private parties pursuant to a lease, or to such spaces or
13 areas that are not under the full and sole control of such college or
14 university.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11718-02-9
