Bill Text: NY A07013 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors; machete means a large heavy knife with a broad blade, used primarily for cutting brush or vegetation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A07013 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7013
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 29, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
          sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  399-qq  of the general business law, as added by
     2  chapter 243 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 399-qq.  Sale  or  promotional  distribution  of  machetes,  utility
     4  knives,  box cutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or corpo-
     5  ration shall sell or offer to sell or give away as either  a  retail  or
     6  wholesale  promotion  a  machete, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart
     7  cutter to any person under eighteen years of age.
     8    2. For purposes of  this  section,  the  term  "utility  knife",  "box
     9  cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade,
    10  retractable  or non-retractable, attached to or contained within a plas-
    11  tic or metal housing.  The term "machete" means a large heavy knife with
    12  a broad blade, used primarily for cutting brush or vegetation.
    13    3. The provisions of this section shall  not  preclude  the  temporary
    14  transfer  of a machete, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to
    15  a person under eighteen years of age by  such  person's  employer  where
    16  such device is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during
    17  the course and scope of such person's employment.
    18    4.  No  provision  of  this  section  shall  be deemed to restrict the
    19  authority of any county, city, town or  village  to  enact  and  enforce
    20  additional  local  laws,  ordinances  or  codes,  or  portions  thereof,
    21  provided the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions
    22  of this section.
    23    5. Any person, firm, or corporation who  violates  the  provisions  of
    24  this  section  shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five
    25  hundred dollars.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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