Bill Text: NY S01556 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1556 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that no candy or confection sold in this state shall be packaged, shaped or manufactured to resemble marijuana or marijuana products or to imitate the flavor of marijuana.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01556 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01556-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1556
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE,  LARKIN,  RANZENHOFER  -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Consumer Protection
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to marijuana
         themed candy
         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.  MARIJUANA  THEMED  CANDY. 1. NO CANDY OR CONFECTION SOLD IN
    4  THIS STATE SHALL BE PACKAGED, SHAPED OR MANUFACTURED TO  RESEMBLE  MARI-
    5  JUANA OR MARIJUANA PRODUCTS OR TO IMITATE THE FLAVOR OF MARIJUANA.
    6    2.  A  VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE
    7  BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR A TERM  OF  IMPRISON-
    8  MENT OF UP TO ONE YEAR, OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   10  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03798-01-3