Senate Bill S1668

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Conforms state law with federal law regarding imitation weapons and provides a private right of action for individual consumers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee


  • 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-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7328
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§871 & 873, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S118, A4407
2013-2014: S653, A6744
2015-2016: S4079

2011-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Conforms state law with federal law regarding imitation weapons; empowers the attorney general to enforce federal standards and provides a private right of action against retailers by individual consumers injured due to the sale of a non-conforming toy gun.

2011-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1668

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  sale  of
  imitation weapons

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 871 of the general  business  law,
as  added  by  chapter  475  of  the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. "Imitation weapon" means any device  or  object  made  of  plastic,
wood,  metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can
reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet  gun,
or  "B-B"  gun;  unless such imitation weapon (a) is colored [other than
black, blue, silver or aluminum, (b)  is  marked  with  a  non-removable
orange  stripe  which  is at least one inch in width and runs the entire
length of the barrel on each side and the front end of the  barrel,  and
(c)  has  a  barrel  at  least one inch in diameter that is closed for a
distance of not less than one-half inch from the front-end of its barrel
with the same material of which the imitation  weapon  is  made]  WHITE,
BRIGHT  RED,  BRIGHT  ORANGE,  BRIGHT YELLOW, BRIGHT GREEN, BRIGHT BLUE,
BRIGHT PINK, OR BRIGHT PURPLE, EITHER SINGLY OR AS THE PREDOMINANT COLOR
IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER COLORS IN ANY  PATTERN;  (B)  HAS  PERMANENTLY
AFFIXED  TO  THE  MUZZLE,  A BLAZE ORANGE PLUG INSERTED IN THE BARREL OF
SUCH IMITATION FIREARM. SUCH PLUG SHALL BE RECESSED  NO  MORE  THAN  SIX
MILLIMETERS  FROM  THE  MUZZLE END OF THE BARREL OF SUCH FIREARM; (C) IS
CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY  OF  TRANSPARENT  OR  TRANSLUCENT  MATERIALS  WHICH
PERMITS  UNMISTAKABLE  OBSERVATION OF THE DEVICE'S COMPLETE CONTENTS; OR
(D) HAS A BLAZE ORANGE  MARKING  PERMANENTLY  AFFIXED  TO  THE  EXTERIOR
SURFACE OF THE BARREL, COVERING THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE BARREL FROM THE
MUZZLE  END  FOR  DEPTH OF AT LEAST SIX MILLIMETERS.  "Imitation weapon"
does not include any TRADITIONAL B-B, PAINT BALL, OR  PELLET-FIRING  AIR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05890-01-1
              

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