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Mar 24, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S7234
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9529
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1399-cc, add §1399-mm-1, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S695, A1468
2009-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors; prohibits distribution or sale of any item containing or delivering nicotine that is not defined by law as a tobacco product or approved by the United States food and drug administration for sale as a tobacco use cessation or harm reduction product.
2009-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7234 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and in relation to prohibiting the distribution or sale of any item containing or delivering nicotine that is not defined by law as a tobacco product or approved by the United States food and drug administration for sale as a tobacco use cessation or harm reduction product PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill seeks to ban the sale and distribution of items containing or delivering nicotine that are not currently classified as tobacco products or approved as tobacco use cessation or harm reduction products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and also to prevent minors from purchasing these products. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends public Health Law 1399-cc to include electronic cigarettes in the law that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to minors. Further, it defines the term "electronic cigarette" in subsection (d). Section 2: Adds Public Health Law section 1399-mm. The section
2009-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7234 I N S E N A T E March 24, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and in relation to prohibiting the distribution or sale of any item containing or delivering nicotine that is not defined by law as a tobacco product or approved by the United States food and drug administration for sale as a tobacco use cessation or harm reduction product THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1399-cc of the public health law, as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2000, subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapter 162 of the laws of 2002 and subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: S 1399-cc. Sale of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, rolling papers or pipes to minors prohibited. 1. As used in this section: (a) "A device capable of deciphering any electronically readable format" or "device" shall mean any commercial device or combination of devices used at a point of sale or entry that is capable of reading the information encoded on the bar code or magnetic strip of a driver's license or non-driver identification card issued by the state commis- sioner of motor vehicles; (b) "Card holder" means any person presenting a driver's license or non-driver identification card to a licensee, or to the agent or employ- ee of such licensee under this chapter; [and] (c) "Transaction scan" means the process involving an automated bar code reader by which a licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee under this chapter reviews a driver's license or non-driver identifica- tion card presented as a precondition for the purchase of a tobacco product or herbal cigarettes pursuant to subdivision three of this section; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15081-01-9
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