Bill Text: NY A02995 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2995 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the service of live seafood in restaurants; authorizes the commissioner of the department of health to promulgate regulations pursuant thereto.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A02995 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02995-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2995
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
          service of live seafood in dining establishments
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1352 of the public health law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a.  It shall be unlawful to furnish or serve in any public eating or
     4  drinking establishment, any live animal. In preparing regulations pursu-
     5  ant to this subdivision, the commissioner shall expressly  prohibit  the
     6  preparation  and  sale  of fish or other seafood which is brought to the
     7  dining table and/or served to a customer alive.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06752-01-7