Bill Text: NY A06674 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires purchasers of tattoo equipment to prove that they have a permit to operate a tattoo parlor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-17 - print number 6674b [A06674 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06674-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6674--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, MONTESANO, FINCH, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK, CROUCH, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring purchas- ers of tattoo equipment to prove they have a permit to operate a tattoo parlor 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 2 468 to read as follows: 3 § 468. Proof of permit required for the purchase of equipment. 1. For 4 the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the follow- 5 ing meanings: "tattoo equipment" shall include but not be limited to 6 tattoo machines and machine parts, pneumatic tattoo equipment, tattoo 7 inks and other equipment or instruments used solely to apply tattoos; 8 "purchaser" shall mean any individual, group or business entity. 9 2. Any purchaser of tattoo equipment shall be required to show proof 10 of a current valid permit, required under section four hundred sixty-one 11 of this article at the time of sale. Purchasers unable to provide proof 12 of permit are prohibited from purchasing tattoo equipment. The 13 provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions regardless of 14 whether currency is exchanged for tattoo equipment. 15 3. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit 16 the purchase of machine parts or other equipment that does not have as 17 its primary purpose the drawing of tattoos. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02856-04-6A. 6674--B 2 1 § 2. The commissioner of health shall promulgate and adopt rules and 2 regulations to implement the provisions of article 4-A of the public 3 health law within 180 days of the effective date of this act. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 5 if the department of health has not promulgated the rules and regu- 6 lations necessary to implement the provisions of article 4-A of the 7 public health law by such effective date, then this act shall take 8 effect on the date that the commissioner of health adopted and promul- 9 gated such rules and regulations pursuant to section two of this act or 10 upon the expiration of the period of time set forth in section two of 11 this act, whichever is earlier; provided further, that the commissioner 12 of health shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the 13 occurrence of the adoption and promulgation of the rules and regulations 14 provided for in this act in order that the commission may maintain an 15 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws 16 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions 17 of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public 18 officers law.
