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                                  4255

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, PHEFFER, GREENE, CYMBROWITZ,
  CASTRO,  LANCMAN,  ALFANO,  TOBACCO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CAHILL, MOLINARO, SPANO, TOWNS, WALKER, WEISENBERG --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to authorize the department of health and the department of envi-
  ronmental  conservation  to commission a study on the effects of long-
  term, low radiation emissions from cellular phone  antennas  on  human
  beings,  specifically  the  physical and mental development of adoles-
  cents

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Public health study of the effects of long-term, low radi-
ation emissions from cellular phone antennas. 1. The state department of
health, in collaboration with the department of environmental  conserva-
tion, shall immediately commission a study on the potential health risks
and  effects  of  long-term, low-radiation emissions from cellular phone
towers, cellular phone antennas or base stations on human  beings,  with
particular  attention  to the potential health risks and adverse effects
on the mental and physical development of adolescents. The  study  shall
include  a review of all available data relating to the increased volume
of cellular phone service carriers and of cellular phone towers,  anten-
nas  or  base stations, and shall examine the potential health risks and
effects that such increases of cell phone service carriers and  exposure
to  cellular phone towers, cellular phone antennas and base stations may
have on human beings.
  2. The commissioner of health and the  commissioner  of  environmental
conservation, or their designees, shall:
  a.  Prepare  and submit a report to the governor, the temporary presi-
dent of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, which  includes  all
data, research and studies conducted on cellular phone service carriers,
cellular phone towers and antennas, the effects of long-term human expo-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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sure  to  low-radiation emissions from cellular phone antennas, and more
specifically, the potential health risks  to  the  mental  and  physical
development  of adolescents exposed to such emissions. Such report shall
be filed within six months of the effective date of this act, unless the
commissioner of health or the commissioner of environmental conservation
requests in writing, an extension of time; and
  b.  Send  copies of such report to the office of the attorney general,
the New York city  department  of  buildings,  the  state  congressional
delegation,  the  United  States senators from the state of New York and
the Federal Communications Commission.
  3. All other departments and agencies of  the  state  or  subdivisions
thereof, and local governments shall, at the request of the commissioner
of  health  or  the  commissioner of environmental conservation, provide
expertise, assistance and data that will  enable  the  commissioners  to
carry out their powers and duties.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.