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Assembly Bill A6936A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases fines for misbranding of fur-bearing articles of clothing

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2013-A6936 - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-aaa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A1047

2013-A6936 - Summary

Increases fines for misbranding of fur-bearing articles of clothing; $1,000 for first violation; $2,000 for subsequent violations.

2013-A6936 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6936

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 25, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  increasing
  fines for selling and manufacturing fur-bearing articles of clothing

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 399-aaa of  the  general  business
law,  as added by chapter 611 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a  fine  of  not
more than [five] FIFTEEN hundred dollars for the first violation and not
more than [one] THREE thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10032-01-3

2013-A6936A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-aaa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A1047

2013-A6936A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases fines for misbranding of fur-bearing articles of clothing; $1,000 for first violation; $2,000 for subsequent violations.

2013-A6936A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6936--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assem-
  bly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general business law, in relation to increasing
  fines for selling and manufacturing fur-bearing articles of clothing

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 399-aaa of the general business
law, as added by chapter 611 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read  as
follows:
  4.  A  violation  of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars for  the  first  violation
and  not  more  than  [one]  TWO  thousand  dollars  for each subsequent
violation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10032-02-4

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