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Assembly Bill A309

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state

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2015-A309 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1346
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§383 & 387, add §385-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7691, S7316
2011-2012: A4243, S358
2013-2014: A245, A8476, S57
2017-2018: A5227, S587

2015-A309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state.

2015-A309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   309

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, HIKIND, MOSLEY, OTIS
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. ARROYO, BRENNAN, BROOK-KRASNY,
  CAMARA, COOK, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  articles  of
  bedding

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 383 of the general business
law, as added by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as
follows:
  2. "New" shall mean any material or article which has not been  previ-
ously  used for any purpose, including by-products produced in the manu-
facture of new fabric, and material reclaimed from new  fabric[;  except
that  an  article  of  bedding  returned  by the purchaser for exchange,
alteration, or correction, within thirty days  after  date  of  delivery
after  original sale at retail, shall be deemed to be a new article, but
thirty days after date of such delivery such article shall be deemed  to
be used];
  3.  "Used"  shall  mean  any  components,  ARTICLES  OR MATERIALS from
[previously used] bedding NOT CLASSIFIED AS NEW.
  S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 385-b
to read as follows:
  S 385-B.  TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND SALE OF  USED  BEDDING.  1.  NO  USED
BEDDING SHALL BE STORED OR SOLD WITH NEW BEDDING UNLESS THE USED BEDDING
HAS BEEN SANITIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN REGU-
LATION  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  2. NO USED BEDDING SHALL BE TRANSPORTED WITH NEW  BEDDING  UNLESS  THE
USED  BEDDING HAS BEEN SANITIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS ESTAB-

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

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