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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Mar 30, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A6643
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LINARES
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
co-Sponsors
Victor M. Pichardo
Jo Anne Simon
2015-A6643 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1399-bb, 1399-cc & 1399-dd, Pub Health L; amd §17-714, NYC Ad Cd
2015-A6643 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6643 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LINARES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing the sale of cigarettes to individuals twenty-one years of age or older THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1399-bb of the public health law, as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 4. The distribution of tobacco products or herbal cigarettes pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic iden- tification card issued by a government entity or educational institution indicating that the individual is at least [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE years of age. Such identification need not be required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least twenty-five years of age; provided, however, that such appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale of a tobacco product or herbal cigarette to an individual. S 2. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 7 of section 1399-cc of the public health law, as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows: 2. Any person operating a place of business wherein tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine, shisha or electronic cigarettes, are sold or offered for sale is prohibited from selling such products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine, shisha, electronic cigarettes or smoking paraphernalia to individuals under [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE years of age, and shall post in a conspicuous place a sign upon which there shall be imprinted the following statement, "SALE OF CIGARETTES, CIGARS, CHEWING TOBACCO, POWDERED TOBACCO, SHISHA OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10211-01-5
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