Bill Text: NY A04633 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the owner, or responsible agent thereof, of a building with a capacity of 50 or more people to secure the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system and potable water supply system of such building so as to prevent unauthorized access to such systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to health [A04633 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04633-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4633
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  requiring  that
         access  to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and pota-
         ble water supply systems be secure in certain buildings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  15-a to read as follows:
    3    S 15-A. SECURE ACCESS TO HEATING,  VENTILATION  AND  AIR  CONDITIONING
    4  SYSTEMS  AND  POTABLE  WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS. THE OWNER OF EVERY BUILDING
    5  HAVING A CAPACITY OF FIFTY OR MORE PEOPLE, OR THE AGENT  OF  SUCH  OWNER
    6  HAVING  SUPERVISION  OVER  SUCH  A  BUILDING,  SHALL ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT
    7  PROCEDURES FOR SECURING AND PREVENTING ACCESS, BY ANY PERSON NOT SPECIF-
    8  ICALLY SO AUTHORIZED, TO THE (I) HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITION-
    9  ING SYSTEM, (II) AIR INTAKES FOR THE HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDI-
   10  TIONING SYSTEM, AND (III) POTABLE WATER SUPPLY OF  SUCH  BUILDING.  SUCH
   11  PROCEDURES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ALL OCCU-
   12  PANTS  OF THE BUILDING, AND PROTECT SUCH OCCUPANTS FROM CONTAMINATED AIR
   13  AND WATER.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   15  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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