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Assembly Bill A7541

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases the penalty for the fraudulent sale of poppies, forget-me-nots, daisies, flags and other articles sold for patriotic purposes

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2015-A7541 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง396-h, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7621
2011-2012: A1561
2013-2014: A4884
2017-2018: A3426

2015-A7541 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalty for the fraudulent sale of poppies, forget-me-nots, daisies, flags and other articles sold for patriotic purposes.

2015-A7541 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7541

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ORTIZ, MAGEE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  fraudulent
  sale  of  poppies,  forget-me-nots,  daisies, flags and other articles
  sold for patriotic purposes

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

  Section  1.  Section  396-h  of  the general business law, as added by
chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965 and as renumbered by chapter 815 of the
laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
  S 396-h. Fraudulent sale of poppies,  forget-me-nots,  daisies,  flags
and  other  articles sold for patriotic purposes.  Any person, whether a
veteran soldier, sailor, marine or army nurse, or otherwise, who in  the
promotion  of  his OR HER own interests, or to derive personal pecuniary
benefit, gain or profit, for himself OR HERSELF or for any person,  firm
or  corporation  other  than  an  organization  expressly designated and
authorized to administer veteran relief by the provisions of section one
hundred sixty-eight of the  social  [welfare]  SERVICES  law,  sells  or
offers to sell poppies, forget-me-nots, daisies, flags or other articles
sold  for  patriotic purposes, while claiming that such sale or offer to
sell is made as agent of,  or  for  the  benefit  of  such  organization
authorized to administrate veteran relief, FOR A FIRST OFFENSE is guilty
of  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by a fine of not more than [fifty] FIVE
HUNDRED dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months,  or  by
both  such fine and imprisonment, AND FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE
IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE
THOUSAND  DOLLARS  OR  BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY
BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04163-01-5

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