Bill Text: NY S01856 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Bans the sale of aerosol spray paint that is not water soluble to persons under the age of 18; establishes civil penalty not to exceed $250 for violation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S01856 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S01856-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1856
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 9, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 the sale of
aerosol spray paint to persons under the age of eighteen
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-i to read as follows:
3 S 399-I. SALE OF AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGH-
4 TEEN. 1. NO AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT CAN CONTAINING A FLUID THAT IS NOT WATER
5 SOLUBLE SHALL BE SOLD AT RETAIL WITHIN THE STATE TO PERSONS UNDER THE
6 AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
7 2. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY
8 NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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