Bill Text: NY A06648 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the penalties for bias related and gang related graffiti, and graffiti upon religious property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-26 - print number 6648b [A06648 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6648
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  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  of
         aerosol spray paint to persons under the age of eighteen
         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  399-j to read as follows:
    3    S 399-J. SALE OF AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGH-
    4  TEEN. 1. NO AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT CAN CONTAINING A FLUID THAT IS NOT WATER
    5  SOLUBLE SHALL BE SOLD AT RETAIL WITHIN THE STATE TO  PERSONS  UNDER  THE
    6  AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
    7    2.  A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY
    8  NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth 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.
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