S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2547 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 19, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale of tobac- co products over the internet THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 1399-dd-1 to read as follows: 3 S 1399-DD-1. RETAIL SHIPMENT OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. BEFORE A COMPANY 4 MAY SHIP TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO AN INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE SUCH 5 PRODUCTS, OVER THE INTERNET OR OTHERWISE, SUCH COMPANY SHALL SEND A FORM 6 TO THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING AN AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE THAT SUCH INDIVID- 7 UAL IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH FORM SUCH 8 COMPANY MAY THEN SHIP THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03068-01-1