Assembly Bill A10685

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be made available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10685 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-n, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4265

2021-A10685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be made available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports.

2021-A10685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10685
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring  infor-
   mation  concerning  services  for human trafficking victims to be made
   available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subdivi-
 sion 4 of section 14-n of the transportation law, as  added  by  chapter
 389 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The operator of a commercial service airport and the operator of a
 general aviation airport shall make available in  the  public  restrooms
 AND IN ANY LACTATION ROOMS, in plain view and in a conspicuous place and
 manner, informational cards and/or signs developed by:
   (a)  the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
   (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
   (d) "LACTATION ROOM" SHALL MEAN A HYGIENIC PLACE, OTHER THAN  A  REST-
 ROOM, THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BREASTFEED-
 ING OR EXPRESSING BREAST MILK;
   (E)  "passenger  boardings"  shall mean revenue passenger boardings in
 the prior calendar year on an aircraft in service in  air  commerce,  as
 the  United  States  secretary  of  transportation determines, including
 passengers who continue on an  aircraft  in  international  flight  that
 stops at an airport in the state for a nontraffic purpose;
   [(e)]  (F)  "public  airport"  means an airport used or intended to be
 used for public purposes: (i) that is under the control of the state,  a
 county,  city,  town, or village or a state or local authority; and (ii)
 of which the area used or intended to be used for  the  landing,  taking
 off,  or  surface  maneuvering  of aircraft is publicly owned. Provided,
 however, such term shall not include any airport operated by a  bi-state
 authority; and
   [(f)] (G) "public-use airport" shall mean an airport available for use
 by  the  general  public without a requirement for the prior approval of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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