Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 01, 2011 |
signed chap.43 |
May 20, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
May 09, 2011 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.263 substituted for a6423 |
Apr 04, 2011 |
referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 28, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 24, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 23, 2011 |
1st report cal.261 |
Mar 16, 2011 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S4080
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2011-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6423
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §190, Ag & Mkts L
2011-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4080 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requiring food retailers to provide scales for customer use PURPOSE: To eliminate the thirty foot requirement for computing scales under section 190.5 of the Agriculture and Markets Law. SUMMARY: Section 1 amends Subdivision 5 of Section 190 of the agriculture and markets law to eliminate the thirty foot requirement for the location of computing scales. Section 2 states this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it becomes law. JUSTIFICATION: Section 190.5 of the Agriculture and Markets Law was adopted in 1977 to allow consumers to verify the net contents of prepackaged grocery products by requiring computing scales every thirty feet. Since that time, the Department has implemented an extensive program whereby county Consumer Affairs and Weights and Measures inspectors regularly monitor prepackaged products for short weight violations.
2011-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4080 A. 6423 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y March 16, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir- ing food retailers to provide scales for customer use THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 190 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 874 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 5. Wherever food or food products are packaged or wrapped for sale by a retailer in advance of being sold, or offered or exposed for sale, an accurate computing scale of sufficient capacity shall be maintained. Such scale shall be [located not more than thirty feet from the pre- packaged display and shall be so] placed as to be easily accessible to customers[. A] AND A prominent and conspicuous sign reading "for custom- er use" shall be displayed on or near such scale. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10201-01-1
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