Bill Text: NY S07310 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-18 - SIGNED CHAP.31 [S07310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07310-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7310
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        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.
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