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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S441
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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
2015-S441 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S441 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S441 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to amusement device and attraction awareness PURPOSE : To provide the public access to an amusement device or attraction's safety and licensing history. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Already-required safety notices on amusement devices and attractions would also have to display the electronic address of a website that allows the public to browse the safety and licensing history of individual rides. Section 2. Specifies the kind of information to be included by the Department of Labor on their safety and licensing website. Section 3. Enacting clause. JUSTIFICATION : The Department of Labor's Division of Safety and Health is responsible for the licensing and inspection of all amusement devices and
2015-S441 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 441 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to amusement device and attraction awareness THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 870-o of the labor law, as added by chapter 367 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: S 870-o. Amusement device and attraction awareness. The department shall develop, establish and implement, in cooperation with the carni- val, fair and amusement park safety advisory board established in section eight hundred seventy-n of this article, a program to educate and provide awareness to the public on the risks of amusement devices and attractions to both adults and children, and how adults can take steps to assure their own safety and the safety of children in their care. The program established pursuant to this section shall provide and disseminate guidelines for safety while riding or using amusement devices or attractions by adults, adolescents and children. Such program shall utilize written information provided to the public [and] THROUGH the posting of conspicuous signs at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks, as required by law or regulation AS WELL AS THROUGH THE CREATION OF A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-P OF THIS ARTICLE, THE ELECTRONIC ADDRESS OF WHICH SHALL ALSO BE POSTED. S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 870-p to read as follows: S 870-P. AMUSEMENT DEVICE AND ATTRACTION SAFETY AND INSPECTION AWARE- NESS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP, ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT, IN COOPER- ATION WITH THE CARNIVAL, FAIR AND AMUSEMENT PARK SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-N OF THIS ARTICLE, A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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