Bill Text: NY A10683 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the use of tobacco at state-operated institutions of the State University of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-14 - referred to higher education [A10683 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A10683-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10683 I N A S S E M B L Y June 14, 2012 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Glick) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the use 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. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 3 20. THE FOLLOWING ARE PROHIBITED AT STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF THE 4 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: 5 A. THE USE OF TOBACCO ON ALL GROUNDS AND FACILITIES OWNED, LEASED OR 6 CONTROLLED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR ITS RELATED ENTITIES, INCLUDING 7 INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LOCATIONS; AND 8 B. THE USE OF TOBACCO IN VEHICLES OWNED OR LEASED BY THE STATE UNIVER- 9 SITY OR ITS RELATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE 10 "RELATED ENTITIES" OF THE STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE 11 UNIVERSITY ARE THE FOUNDATIONS, AUXILIARY SERVICES CORPORATIONS, AND 12 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES THEREOF. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2012. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16265-01-2