Bill Text: NY A05784 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting the sale of tobacco at state-operated institutions of the state university of New York, and prohibiting the use of tobacco by students at state-operated institutions of the state university of New York and vehicles owned, rented or leased by the state university of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A05784 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05784-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5784
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 19, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to the use and sale of
          tobacco at state-operated institutions of the state university of  New
          York
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.   Legislative intent. The legislature  finds  and  declares
     2  that  it  shall be the policy of the state university of New York (SUNY)
     3  to ensure that all state-operated campuses embrace a tobacco-free  envi-
     4  ronment. Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the
     5  United  States and accounts for more annual deaths than suicide, murder,
     6  HIV/AIDS, alcohol use, illegal  drug  use  and  motor  vehicle  injuries
     7  combined. Using tobacco is a personal choice, a tobacco-free policy does
     8  not  take  away  an individual's right to choose to use tobacco, it does
     9  limit where a person may use  tobacco.  SUNY  respects  an  individual's
    10  right to choose to use tobacco off campus, in places where it is accept-
    11  able to do so. SUNY is first and foremost an educational institution.
    12    §  2.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
    13  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    14    20. The following are prohibited at state-operated institutions of the
    15  state university of New York:
    16    a. the sale of tobacco on all grounds and facilities owned, leased  or
    17  controlled by the state university or its related entities;
    18    b. the use of tobacco by students on all grounds and facilities owned,
    19  leased  or  controlled  by the state university or its related entities,
    20  including indoor and outdoor locations; and
    21    c. the use of tobacco by students in vehicles owned, rented or  leased
    22  by the state university or its affiliated entities. For purposes of this
    23  subdivision,  the  "affiliated  entities"  of  the state-operated insti-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07749-02-9
        A. 5784                             2
     1  tutions of the state university are the foundations, auxiliary  services
     2  corporations, and alumni associations and subsidiaries thereof.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 2020.