Bill Text: NY A10460 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the installation of vaping detectors in certain schools.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-18 - referred to education [A10460 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10460-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10460

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 18, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hyndman,
          Glick, Mosley, Taylor,  Morinello,  DeStefano,  Simon,  Ortiz,  Galef,
          Crespo) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to requiring the installation of vaping detectors in  certain
          schools

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-970 to read as follows:
     3    §  21-970  Vaping  detectors. a. For the purposes of this section, the
     4  following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    1. "vaping" shall mean the act of inhaling and exhaling  the  aerosol,
     6  often referred to as vapor, which is produced by an e-cigarette or simi-
     7  lar device.
     8    2.  "vaping  detector"  shall mean a device capable of detecting vapor
     9  from vaping devices and which alerts people to  the  presence  of  vapor
    10  from vaping devices.
    11    b.  All schools within the city of New York which have one thousand or
    12  more students enrolled shall install and monitor vaping detectors within
    13  the school. Vaping detectors shall be installed in all student bathrooms
    14  and common areas in such schools.
    15    c. The department shall set disciplinary measures for students  caught
    16  vaping,  by  means  of  a  vaping detector or any other means, or caught
    17  tampering with a vaping detector. Such disciplinary measures  shall  not
    18  include suspension or expulsion from any school.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16110-01-0