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Assembly Bill A10126B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age

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2017-A10126 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8098
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-hh, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3906, S4559
2021-2022: A2455, S4797
2023-2024: A4536, S5871
2025-2026: A5010, S4208

2017-A10126 - Summary

Prohibits the sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age; a violation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

2017-A10126 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10126
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of dry ice to individuals under twenty-one years of age
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-hh to read as follows:
   §  399-HH.  PROHIBITS THE SALE OF DRY ICE TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER TWENTY-
 ONE YEARS OF AGE. 1. NO  PERSON,  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP  OR  LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY  SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE DRY ICE TO AN
 INDIVIDUAL UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
   2. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  AN  OFFENSE
 PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. A VIOLATION
 OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED
 OF  SUCH  AN  OFFENSE  WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS SHALL BE A CLASS B
 MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14523-02-8

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2017-A10126A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8098
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-hh, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3906, S4559
2021-2022: A2455, S4797
2023-2024: A4536, S5871
2025-2026: A5010, S4208

2017-A10126A - Summary

Prohibits the sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age; a violation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

2017-A10126A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10126--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HYNDMAN, DICKENS, D. ROSENTHAL, D'URSO, MOSLEY,
   ERRIGO, BLAKE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-hh to read as follows:
   §  399-HH. PROHIBITS THE SALE OF DRY ICE TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER EIGHTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE. 1. NO PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED  LIABIL-
 ITY  COMPANY  SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE DRY ICE TO AN INDI-
 VIDUAL UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   2. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  AN  OFFENSE
 PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. A VIOLATION
 OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED
 OF  SUCH  AN  OFFENSE  WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS SHALL BE A CLASS B
 MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14523-03-8

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2017-A10126B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8098
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-hh, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3906, S4559
2021-2022: A2455, S4797
2023-2024: A4536, S5871
2025-2026: A5010, S4208

2017-A10126B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age; a violation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

2017-A10126B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10126--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HYNDMAN, DICKENS, D. ROSENTHAL, D'URSO, MOSLEY,
   ERRIGO, BLAKE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
   with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-hh to read as follows:
   §  399-HH. PROHIBITS THE SALE OF DRY ICE TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER EIGHTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE. 1. NO PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED  LIABIL-
 ITY  COMPANY  SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE DRY ICE TO AN INDI-
 VIDUAL UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   2. ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY
 SELLING  OR  OFFERING  FOR SALE DRY ICE SHALL REQUIRE PROOF OF LEGAL AGE
 PRIOR TO ALLOWING AN INDIVIDUAL TO PURCHASE DRY ICE. 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
 DRY ICE TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   3.  ANY  PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  A
 CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER VIOLATION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14523-05-8

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