STATE OF NEW YORK
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6214
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 3, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring infor-
mation concerning services for human trafficking victims to be made
available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subdivi-
2 sion 4 of section 14-n of the transportation law, as added by chapter
3 389 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
4 1. The operator of a commercial service airport and the operator of a
5 general aviation airport shall make available in the public restrooms
6 and in any lactation rooms, in plain view and in a conspicuous place and
7 manner, informational cards and/or signs developed by:
8 (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
9 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
10 (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
11 (d) "lactation room" shall mean a hygienic place, other than a rest-
12 room, that is: (i) shielded from view; (ii) free from intrusion; (iii)
13 contains a chair, a working surface, and, if the building is otherwise
14 supplied with electricity, an electrical outlet; and (iv) intended to be
15 used for the primary purpose of breastfeeding or expressing breast milk;
16 (e) "passenger boardings" shall mean revenue passenger boardings in
17 the prior calendar year on an aircraft in service in air commerce, as
18 the United States secretary of transportation determines, including
19 passengers who continue on an aircraft in international flight that
20 stops at an airport in the state for a nontraffic purpose;
21 [(e)] (f) "public airport" means an airport used or intended to be
22 used for public purposes: (i) that is under the control of the state, a
23 county, city, town, or village or a state or local authority; and (ii)
24 of which the area used or intended to be used for the landing, taking
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 off, or surface maneuvering of aircraft is publicly owned. Provided,
2 however, such term shall not include any airport operated by a bi-state
3 authority; and
4 [(f)] (g) "public-use airport" shall mean an airport available for use
5 by the general public without a requirement for the prior approval of
6 the owner or operator thereof except as may be required by federal law
7 or regulation.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
