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                                   6905
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  the  highway  law  and  the
   public  health law, in relation to establishing the lactation accommo-
   dation in public transportation facilities act

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
 accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
   § 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by  chapter
 876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   § 361-c.  [Tourist  information]  SERVICE facilities. 1. The authority
 shall provide tourist information services at all  service  areas  where
 food  is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
 or local and regional  tourist  promotion  agencies  shall  provide  the
 authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
 for distribution to the traveling public.
   2.  WHEN  THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SERVICE AREA, OR THE REPLACE-
 MENT, EXPANSION, OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING SERVICE  AREA,
 THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  PROVIDE A PRIVATE ROOM FOR NURSING MOTHERS AT ALL
 SERVICE AREAS WHERE FOOD IS OFFERED FOR SALE. A PRIVATE ROOM FOR NURSING
 MOTHERS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CONFINEMENT OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 5 to read as follows:
   5. WHEN THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW  ROADSIDE  REST  AREA,  OR  THE
 REPLACEMENT,  EXPANSION,  OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING ROAD-
 SIDE REST AREA WHICH HAS A RESTROOM ALONG NEW  YORK  INTERSTATE  EIGHTY-
 SEVEN  BETWEEN  EXIT ONE IN THE TOWN OF GUILDERLAND AND EXIT FORTY-THREE
 IN THE TOWN OF CHAMPLAIN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS STATE ROUTE EIGHTY-SEVEN  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05052-01-3
              

 A. 6905                             2
 
 THE  NORTHWAY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE ROOM OR AREA
 FOR NURSING MOTHERS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A  PRIVATE  ROOM  FOR
 NURSING  MOTHERS  SHALL: (A) INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELEC-
 TRICAL  OUTLET;  AND  (B) BE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CONFINEMENT OF A PUBLIC
 RESTROOM.
   § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2505-c
 to read as follows:
   §  2505-C.  PRIVATE PLACE FOR NURSING MOTHERS. 1. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, THE MANAGER OF A  RAILROAD  STATION  OR
 BUS STATION, CONSISTING OF AN INDOOR WAITING AREA WITH PUBLIC RESTROOMS,
 OPERATED  BY  A  CITY, COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY, STATE, OR PUBLIC BENEFIT
 CORPORATION, THAT CONDUCTS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND THAT HAS MORE  THAN
 FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND PASSENGERS A YEAR, SHALL PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER
 LOCATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS  BREAST  MILK  IN  PRIVATE
 THAT MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   2.  UPON  CONSTRUCTION  OF A NEW STATION THAT HAS INDOOR WAITING AREAS
 WITH PUBLIC RESTROOMS OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN
 EXISTING STATION, A RAILROAD OR BUS STATION SHALL PROVIDE A SINK IN  ANY
 ROOM  OR OTHER LOCATION DESIGNATED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING STATION"  MEANS
 THE  REPURPOSING  OF  MORE  THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SPACE IN THE
 STATION.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO RAILROAD  STATIONS  OPERATED
 FOR  THE  SOLE  PURPOSE  OF  A  SUBWAY STATION OR RAPID TRANSIT RAILROAD
 STATION.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.