N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2007/046: L.L. 2007/046

Enactment date: 9/10/2007

Int. No. 351-A

By Council Members Fidler, Jackson, Weprin, Katz, Recchia Jr., Stewart, Yassky, Felder, Gentile, James, Gonzalez, Nelson, Vann, Dilan, Comrie, Dickens, Rivera, Addabbo Jr., Arroyo, Avella, Brewer, Foster, Gallagher, Garodnick, Gerson, Gennaro, Gioia, Lappin, Liu, Martinez, McMahon, Mendez, Sears, Vallone Jr., White Jr., Barron, Palma, de Blasio, Eugene and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing schoolchildren to carry cellular phones to and from school.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative intent. Cellular phones have proven to be invaluable tools in facilitating communication between schoolchildren and their parents or guardians as such children travel to and from school. The use of such phones allows parents or guardians to ensure their children's safe arrival at school in the morning and back at home at the end of the school day, and enables any children traveling to or from school who become injured or lost, or who find themselves in a remote location or in other dangerous circumstances, to contact their parents or guardians or the police. In addition, such use provides parents and their children with significant peace of mind. It is therefore the Council's intent to allow schoolchildren to carry cellular phones with them to and from school for the purpose of being used outside of school to promote safety and the general welfare.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.