Int 1385-2019
Posting signs notifying the public of microbes discovered in cooling towers.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2019-01-24
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-01-24Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This law would require building owners to post signs notifying building residents and the public of dangerous levels of microbes discovered within cooling towers.
Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).
How it compares
24% of similar bills passed
12 passed · 38 died
This bill: 1071 days in committee
Similar bills: median 631 days · 172 days when passed
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28dEnacted
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585dFiled
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172dEnacted
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Sponsors (1)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2019-01-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1385
- Int. No. 1385
- January 24, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-24-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 24, 2019
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 17-194.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subparagraph c to read as follows:
(c) Where microbes that present a serious health threat are discovered in a cooling tower, the owner of the building served by such cooling tower shall, within 24 hours after such owner knows or reasonably should know of such a discovery, post signs on all building entrances, in clear and plain language, notifying both the building residents and the public about the microbes discovered. The signs shall remain in place for two weeks after the cleaning and disinfection of such cooling tower.
� 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law, except that the department of health and mental hygiene shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date.
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