Relates to prohibiting smoking in and on the premises of public housing accommodations; provides that by January 1, 2020, all public housing accommodations shall be classified as smoke-free.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4511
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, KEARNS, JAFFEE, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. KOLB, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to prohibiting smok-
ing on the premises of public housing units
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
2 223-c to read as follows:
3 § 223-c. Prohibition on smoking. 1. Smoking shall be prohibited in or
4 on the grounds of any public housing accommodation classified by the
5 commissioner as a smoke-free building. The commissioner shall ensure
6 that at least fifty percent of all public housing accommodations in
7 existence as of the effective date of this section shall be classified
8 as smoke-free buildings.
9 2. Any public housing accommodation constructed after the effective
10 date of this section shall be classified as a smoke-free building. Smok-
11 ing shall be prohibited in and on the grounds of any of these accommo-
12 dations.
13 3. Any vacancies in a public housing unit that has been classified as
14 a smoking unit shall be reclassified as a smoke-free unit prior to any
15 new tenant taking occupancy. Smoking shall be prohibited in any of these
16 units on and after the date of such new occupancy.
17 4. On January first, two thousand twenty-one, the commissioner shall
18 classify all public housing accommodations as smoke-free buildings.
19 Smoking shall be prohibited in and on the grounds of all public housing
20 accommodations on and after such date.
21 5. For purposes of this section, the term smoking shall include, but
22 not be limited to, the smoking or use of: (a) cigarettes, cigars, pipes
23 or any other handheld device used for the smoking of tobacco products;
24 and (b) electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, any electronic nicotine
25 delivery system or any other handheld electronic device that vaporizes a
26 flavored liquid.
27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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