Bill Text: NY A01292 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the sale, use and application of styrene and products containing styrene by appearance enhancement businesses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A01292 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01292-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1292 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, LUPARDO, BARRETT, GOTTFRIED, D'URSO, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale, use and application of styrene and products containing styrene by appear- ance enhancement businesses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 404-d to read as follows: 3 § 404-d. Styrene. 1. No owner or operator of an appearance enhancement 4 business shall knowingly: 5 a. sell, use or apply to any person styrene or a product containing 6 styrene; or 7 b. direct any agent or employee of such business to sell, use or apply 8 to any person styrene or a product containing styrene. 9 2. A first violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil 10 penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. A second or any subse- 11 quent violation of this section shall be a class B misdemeanor. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01727-02-9
