Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6216
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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
2013-S6216 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง501, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S1103
2017-2018: S1579
2013-S6216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6216 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the establishment of a letter grading system for supermarkets PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL This legislation will impose a letter grading system for inspections of establishments engaged in the retail sale of food for on-premises or off-premises consumption. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS Section 1 of the bill amends the agriculture and markets law by adding a new section 501 that calls on the commissioner to create a system for grading inspection results for supermarkets. *The system will use and post letters A, B and C to identify and represent such grading and classification with all other lower grades being deemed to be failing grades. The grading system will take into account the provisions of the state sanitary coed to establish the grading system that reflects the safety and sanitation of the premises and food handling practices to ensure compliance with state and local health law. *Supermarkets will be required to "conspicuously post" the letter grade of the most recently graded inspection.
2013-S6216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6216 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 8, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the establishment of a letter grading system for supermarkets THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new section 501 to read as follows: S 501. SUPERMARKET GRADING SYSTEM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SUPERMARKET" SHALL MEAN ANY ESTABLISHMENT THAT PREDOMINATELY ENGAGES IN THE SALE OF GROCERIES. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A SYSTEM FOR GRADING INSPECTION RESULTS FOR SUPERMARKETS. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL USE AND POST LETTERS A, B OR C TO IDENTIFY AND REPRESENT SUCH GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION WITH ALL OTHER LOWER GRADES BEING DEEMED TO BE FAILING GRADES. IN ESTABLISHING SUCH SYSTEM OF GRADING, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE SANITARY CODE TO ESTABLISH A GRADING SYSTEM THAT REFLECTS THE SAFETY AND SANITATION OF THE PREMISES AND FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH LAW. 3. ANY SUPERMARKET SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY POST NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO SUCH ESTABLISHMENT THE LETTER GRADE IDENTIFYING AND REPRESENTING THE RESULT OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENT'S MOST RECENTLY GRADED INSPECTION BY THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER. SUCH POSTING SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. FOR ANY SUPERMARKET RECEIV- ING A GRADE LOWER THAN "A", THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER SHALL ADVISE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS GRADE AND THE FINDINGS UPON WHICH SUCH GRADE IS BASED. THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER SHALL CONDUCT A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF SUCH SUPERMARKET NO SOONER THAN SEVEN DAYS, NOR LATER THAN TWENTY-ONE DAYS AFTER THE INSPECTION AT WHICH THE GRADE WAS GIVEN. IN THE INTERIM, THE PREVIOUS LETTER GRADE SHALL REMAIN POSTED. UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION, THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER SHALL DELIVER FOR POSTING A LETTER TO THE SUPERMARKET WHICH INDICATES THE GRADE FOR SUCH INSPECTION. IN ADDITION TO A LETTER GRADE, SUCH ESTABLISHMENT SHALL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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