Assembly Actions -
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Feb 23, 2010 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to economic development |
Oct 21, 2009 |
referred to economic development |
Assembly Bill A9202
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HEASTIE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A9202 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6205
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §404-b, Gen Bus L
2009-A9202 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A9202 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the use of live fish in pedicure procedures PURPOSE: Bans the use of live fish in pedicure procedures. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new § 404-b to the General Business Law that prohibits appearance enhancement businesses from performing pedicure procedures using live fish. This section imposes a civil penalty of no more than $250 for the first offense and makes any subsequent offenses a class B misdemeanor. Section 2 provides for an effective date 180 days after this bill becomes law. JUSTIFICATION: In July 2008 a beauty salon in Alexandria, Virginia, became the first in the United States to offer a procedure termed a "fish pedicure". In this procedure, customers place their feet in a tank filled with small fish. The fish proceed to eat the dead flaky skin of the feet, which
2009-A9202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9202 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 21, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the use of live fish in pedicure procedures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 404-b to read as follows: S 404-B. USE OF LIVE FISH IN PEDICURE PROCEDURES PROHIBITED. 1. NO OWNER OR OPERATOR OF AN APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSINESS SHALL KNOWINGLY: A. PERFORM A PEDICURE PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES THE USE OF LIVE FISH IN ANY MANNER, OR B. DIRECT AN AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF SUCH BUSINESS TO PERFORM A PEDICURE PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES THE USE OF LIVE FISH IN ANY MANNER. 2. A FIRST VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. A SECOND OR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14822-02-9
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