Bill Text: NY S07041 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting the sale of crib bumper pads and to restricting the use of such pads in certain settings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07041 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7041
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 18, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. VENDITTO -- 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 prohibition
          of the sale of crib bumper pads and the restriction of the use of such
          pads in certain settings
          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-ii to read as follows:
     3    §  399-ii.  Prohibit  the sale of crib bumper pads and restrict use of
     4  such pads in certain settings. 1. For the purposes of this section:  (a)
     5  "Crib" shall mean a bed or  containment  designated  to  accommodate  an
     6  infant.
     7    (b)  "Crib  bumper pads" shall mean a pad or pads of non-mesh material
     8  resting directly above the mattress in a crib, running the surface  area
     9  of  the  crib  or  along  the length of any of the interior sides of the
    10  crib. "Crib bumper pad" does not include mesh liners.
    11    (c) "Distributor" shall mean any person who delivers to a person other
    12  than the purchaser, for the purpose of retail sale.
    13    (d) "Manufacturer" shall mean any person who makes and places into the
    14  stream of commerce a bumper pad as defined by this section.
    15    (e) "Retailer" means any person other than a  manufacturer,  distribu-
    16  tor, or wholesaler who sells, leases, or sublets crib bumper pads.
    17    (f)  "Child  care  facility"  shall  mean any place subject to section
    18  three hundred ninety of the social services law or  article  forty-seven
    19  of  the  New York city health code as authorized by section five hundred
    20  fifty-eight of the New York city charter.
    21    (g) "Place of public accommodation" shall mean any inn, hotel,  motel,
    22  motor  court  or  other establishment that provides lodging to transient
    23  guests. Such term shall not  include  an  establishment  treated  as  an
    24  apartment  building for purposes of any state or local law or regulation
    25  or an establishment located within a building  that  contains  not  more
    26  than  five  rooms  for  rent  or hire and that is actually occupied as a
    27  residence by the proprietor of such establishment.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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