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Jan 28, 2016 | referred to health |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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A9121 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 13-f Head, §1399-aa, add Art 13-f §1399-mmm, Pub Health L
A9121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9121 I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LINARES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the prohibition of the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The article heading of article 13-f of the public health law, as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, HERBAL CIGARETTES, KRATOM AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA; DISTRIBUTION TO MINORS S 2. Section 1399-aa of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 14. "KRATOM" MEANS ANY PART OF THE PLANT MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA, WHETHER GROWING OR NOT, AND ANY COMPOUND, MANUFACTURE, SALT, DERIVATIVE, MIXTURE, OR PREPARATION OF SUCH PLANT. S 3. Article 13-f of the public health law is amended by adding a new section 1399-mmm to read as follows: S 1399-MMM. SALE OF KRATOM PROHIBITED. 1. NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL OR PROVIDE KRATOM TO ANY OTHER PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. 2.(A) ANY PERSON OPERATING A BUSINESS WHEREIN KRATOM IS SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IS PROHIBITED FROM SELLING SUCH KRATOM TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER 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 KRATOM TO PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW." SUCH SIGN SHALL BE PRINTED ON A WHITE CARD IN RED LETTERS AT LEAST ONE-HALF INCH IN HEIGHT. (B) SALES OF KRATOM SHALL BE MADE ONLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DEMON- STRATES, THROUGH A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICA- TION CARD ISSUED BY A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION INDI- CATING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. SUCH IDENTIFICATION NEED ONLY BE REQUIRED OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REASONABLY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.