STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9840
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 15, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- 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,  use
          and  application of styrene and products containing styrene by appear-
          ance enhancement businesses
          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  404-c to read as follows:
     3    § 404-c. Styrene. 1. No owner or operator of an appearance enhancement
     4  business shall knowingly:
     5    a.  sell,  use  or apply to any person styrene or a product containing
     6  styrene; or
     7    b. direct any agent or employee of such business to sell, use or apply
     8  to any person styrene or a product containing styrene.
     9    2. A first violation of this section shall be punishable  by  a  civil
    10  penalty  of  not  more than one thousand dollars. A second or any subse-
    11  quent violation of this section shall be a class B misdemeanor.
    12    § 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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