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Assembly Bill A4510

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale and distribution of powdered pure caffeine

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2017-A4510 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 33-B §§3398 - 3398-c, Pub Health L; add §390-d, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8144
2019-2020: A3752

2017-A4510 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale and distribution of powdered pure caffeine.

2017-A4510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4510
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the general business  law,  in
   relation to prohibiting the sale of powdered pure caffeine
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
 33-B to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 33-B
                          POWDERED PURE CAFFEINE
 SECTION 3398. DEFINITION.
         3398-A. SALE PROHIBITED.
         3398-B. EXEMPTION.
         3398-C. PENALTY.
   §  3398.  DEFINITION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "POWDERED PURE
 CAFFEINE"  MEANS  ANY  CONCENTRATED  POWDERED  FORM  OF  THE   STIMULANT
 CAFFEINE, OR ANY POWDER SUBSTANCE SOLD OR MARKETED AS PURE CAFFEINE.
   §  3398-A. SALE PROHIBITED. NO PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,
 ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR OTHER ENTITY SHALL SELL, OFFER
 TO SELL OR GIVE AWAY FOR  EITHER  RETAIL  OR  PROMOTIONAL  PURPOSES,  OR
 DISTRIBUTE POWDERED PURE CAFFEINE.
   § 3398-B. EXEMPTION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 THE  MARKETING  OR  SALE  OF  PURE POWDERED CAFFEINE IN BULK FORM TO ANY
 BUSINESS ENTITY AS PART OF A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
   § 3398-C. PENALTY. A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  AN  OFFENSE
 PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 390-d
 to read as follows:
   §  390-D.  POWDERED PURE CAFFEINE; PROHIBITION. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, "POWDERED PURE CAFFEINE" MEANS ANY  CONCENTRATED  POWDERED

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08858-01-7

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