Assembly Bill A8275

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the consumer protection board to examine and investigate the issues associated with the foreign import of toys containing toxic lead levels

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A8275 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง553, Exec L

2009-A8275 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the consumer protection board to examine and investigate the issues associated with the foreign import of toys containing toxic lead levels; report to senate and assembly on or before April 1, 2011.

2009-A8275 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8275

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FIELDS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the consumer
  protection  board  to  investigate  allegations of dangerous toxins in
  imported toys

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  553  of the executive law is
amended by adding a new paragraph a-2 to read as follows:
  A-2. INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF DANGEROUS TOXIN  LEVELS  IN  IMPORTED,
FOREIGN-MANUFACTURED  JEWELRY  AND  TOYS; AND REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND
THE LEGISLATURE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION TO PROTECT  CONSUM-
ERS;
  S  2.  The  state  consumer  protection board shall provide an initial
report to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate  and  the
speaker of the assembly on or before April 1, 2011.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11091-01-9

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