Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Jun 15, 2011 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A8379
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
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
2011-A8379 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 12-C §219, Gen Bus L
2011-A8379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8379 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 15, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the labeling of retail products or packages containing a radio frequency identification tag 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 article 12-C to read as follows: ARTICLE 12-C RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG LABELS SECTION 219. RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG LABELS. S 219. RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG LABELS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN- INGS: A. "PACKAGE" MEANS ANY TYPE OF CONTAINER, ARTICLE, OR ITEM THAT IS USED TO CONTAIN OR HOLD A RETAIL PRODUCT IN THE FORM IN WHICH THE RETAIL PRODUCT IS SOLD TO CONSUMERS. B. "RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION" MEANS ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT USES RADIO WAVES OR OTHER WIRELESS MEANS TO TRANSMIT IDENTIFYING INFORMATION BETWEEN A TAG, BADGE, OR OTHER DEVICE AND A READER WITHOUT PHYSICAL CONTACT. C. "RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG" MEANS A DEVICE THAT IS ATTACHED TO, EMBEDDED IN, OR MADE PART OF A RETAIL PRODUCT OR ITS PACK- AGE AND THAT USES RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSMIT A UNIQUE NUMBER OR IDENTIFIER TO A READER. D. "READER" MEANS A DEVICE THAT IS CAPABLE OF USING RADIO WAVES OR OTHER WIRELESS MEANS TO COMMUNICATE WITH, AND READ THE INFORMATION TRAN- SMITTED BY, A RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG. 2. ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT PRODUCES, MANUFACTURES, PACKAGES, DISTRIBUTES, OR SELLS A RETAIL PRODUCT AND CAUSES A RADIO FREQUENCY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00935-01-1
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