Bill Text: NY A08939 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8939 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the frequency of inspections of articles of bedding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - substituted by s7310 [A08939 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08939-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          8939
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 8, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to articles of
          bedding
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  387 of the general business law, as amended by a
     2  chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the general business  law  relating
     3  to  articles  of  bedding,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
     4  587-a and A. 5227-a, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 387. Inspections. Every place where articles of  bedding  are  made,
     6  remade  or  renovated, or materials therefor are prepared or sterilized,
     7  or where such articles or  materials  are  sold,  shall  be  subject  to
     8  inspection by the secretary of state who shall have power to inspect the
     9  manufacture, sale or delivery, and sanitization of all articles or mate-
    10  rials  covered by this article, to open and examine the contents thereof
    11  and power to seize and hold for evidence  any  article  of  bedding,  in
    12  whole  or  in part, which the secretary has reason to believe is made or
    13  sold or held in possession in violation of this article.  The  frequency
    14  of  such  inspections  shall  be  at  the discretion of the secretary of
    15  state[, provided, however, that every place where  articles  of  bedding
    16  are  made,  remade  or  renovated, or materials therefor are prepared or
    17  sterilized, or where such articles  or  materials  are  sold,  shall  be
    18  inspected at least once during any continuous three year period in which
    19  such  place  is registered pursuant to this article]. For the purpose of
    20  administering and enforcing the provisions of this article the secretary
    21  shall have and may use the powers conferred on him by the executive  law
    22  in addition to the powers conferred in this article.
    23    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    24  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending  the  general  business
    25  law  relating  to  articles of bedding, as proposed in legislative bills
    26  numbers S. 587-a and A. 5227-a, takes effect.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00097-04-8