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Feb 07, 2012 |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to health |
Mar 09, 2011 |
reported referred to codes |
Feb 01, 2011 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A4018
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PERRY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
multi-Sponsors
Barbara Clark
Sandy Galef
Audrey Pheffer
Harvey Weisenberg
2011-A4018 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A4018 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires operators of petting zoos to maintain hand washing or hand cleansing facilities for persons attending such petting zoos; within no more than fifty feet of the exit from the petting zoo area; and requires other public establishments featuring animals that patrons may reasonably come in contact with to provide hand washing or hand cleansing facilities.
2011-A4018 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4018 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, GALEF, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the general business law and the public health law, in relation to requiring operators of petting zoos and other public establishments featuring animals to maintain hand washing or hand cleansing facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-ff to read as follows: S 399-FF. PETTING ZOOS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERMS: (A) "PETTING ZOO" SHALL MEAN A PLACE WHERE A COLLECTION OF ANIMALS ARE KEPT FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF VIEWING, TOUCHING, HOLDING AND PETTING BY PATRONS AND VISITORS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT; AND (B) "HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY METHOD OF CLEANSING THE HANDS THAT KILLS GERMS AND BACTERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SOAP AND RUNNING WATER, ANTI-BACTERIAL FLUIDS, FOAMS OR GELS, AND ANTI-BACTERIAL OR ANTISEPTIC WIPES OR TOWELS. 2. ALL PETTING ZOO OPERATORS SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE CLEARLY DESIGNATED HAND WASHING FACILITY FOR PATRONS AND VISITORS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT TO WASH OR CLEANSE THEIR HANDS UPON EXITING SUCH PETTING ZOO AREA. SUCH HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY SHALL BE MAIN- TAINED AT OR WITHIN NO MORE THAN FIFTY FEET OF THE EXIT FROM SUCH PETTING ZOO AREA. 3. EVERY EXIT FROM A PETTING ZOO AREA SHALL HAVE A SIGN CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED THAT SHALL STATE, IN A CLEAR AND LEGIBLE TYPEFACE, THE FOLLOWING: "ANIMALS AT PETTING ZOOS MAY CARRY GERMS AND BACTERIA THAT CAUSE DISEASE. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT PERSONS WASH THEIR HANDS UPON EXITING THE PETTING ZOO AREA". SUCH SIGN SHALL ALSO INDICATE THE DIREC- TION IN WHICH SUCH HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY IS LOCATED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08563-01-1
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