Assembly Bill A7104

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale and possession of machetes

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

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2011-A7104 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-qq, Gen Bus L; amd §265.01, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A10051

2011-A7104 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale or promotional distribution of machetes and includes the possession of a machete under the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

2011-A7104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7104

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. J. MILLER, CALHOUN, FINCH, McDONOUGH, RAIA, WEIS-
  ENBERG  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. CASTRO, CERETTO, CROUCH,
  MAYERSOHN, McKEVITT,  OAKS,  SALADINO,  ZEBROWSKI  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to the sale or
  promotional distribution of machetes; and to amend the penal  law,  in
  relation to including possession of a machete under the crime of crim-
  inal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree

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

  Section 1. Section 399-qq of the general business  law,  as  added  by
chapter 243 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S  399-qq.  Sale  or  promotional  distribution  of  MACHETES, utility
knives, box cutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or  corpo-
ration  shall  sell  or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or
wholesale promotion a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter,  or  box  cart
cutter to any person under eighteen years of age.
  2.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term "utility knife", "box
cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade,
retractable or non-retractable, attached to or contained within a  plas-
tic  or  metal housing.   THE TERM "MACHETE" SHALL MEAN ANY HEAVY BLADED
SINGLE EDGED KNIFE WITH A BLADE OF TWELVE INCHES OR MORE DESIGNED PRIMA-
RILY FOR CUTTING BRUSH OR VEGETATION.
  3. The provisions of this section shall  not  preclude  the  temporary
transfer  of a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to
a person under eighteen years of age by  such  person's  employer  where
such device is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during
the course and scope of such person's employment.
  4.  No  provision  of  this  section  shall  be deemed to restrict the
authority of any county, city, town or  village  to  enact  and  enforce
additional  local  laws,  ordinances  or  codes,  or  portions  thereof,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08215-01-1

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