Bill Text: NY A05900 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5900 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits a not-for-profit corporation from operating a drug injection site.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in health [A05900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05900-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5900
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  in  relation  to
          activities prohibited to not-for-profit corporations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 204-a to read as follows:
     3  § 204-a. Restricted activities.
     4    (a) As used in this section, the term "drug injection site" shall mean
     5  any  program  or entity that provides a hygienic space for an individual
     6  to consume a controlled substance in violation of  article  thirty-three
     7  of the public health law.
     8    (b)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this chapter or any other
     9  general law, a corporation of any kind to  which  this  chapter  applies
    10  shall not operate a drug injection site within the state.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09944-01-9