S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5581
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
ABBATE, GALEF, HOOPER, JAFFEE, JENNE, MAGEE, MAGNARELLI, PERRY -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to itinerant
vendors
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 38 of the general business law, as added by chapter
282 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
§ 38. Prohibited sales. No itinerant vendor, except for A MANUFACTUR-
ER, an authorized manufacturer's representative, or authorized distribu-
tor, shall offer for sale any of the following items:
1. [Food manufactured and packaged for sale for consumption by a child
under the age of two years; or
2. Drugs as defined in section three thousand three hundred two of the
public health law] BABY FOOD, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY FOOD MANUFACTURED
AND PACKAGED SPECIFICALLY FOR CONSUMPTION BY A CHILD UNDER TWO YEARS OF
AGE. THE TERM SHALL INCLUDE INFANT FORMULA;
2. NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY NON-NARCOTIC MEDI-
CINE OR DRUG THAT MAY BE SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. THE TERM SHALL
INCLUDE ANY DRUGS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS," DIETARY
SUPPLEMENTS AS DEFINED IN 21 USC 32(FF), AND VITAMINS AND SUBSTANCES
RECOGNIZED AS DRUGS IN THE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA, OFFI-
CIAL HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE UNITED STATES, OR OFFICIAL
NATIONAL FORMULARY, OR ANY SUPPLEMENT TO SUCH PUBLICATIONS;
3. COSMETICS, WHICH SHALL MEAN MERCHANDISE, OTHER THAN SOAP, BUT
INCLUDING RAZOR BLADES, THAT IS INTENDED TO BE RUBBED, POURED, SPRIN-
KLED, OR SPRAYED ONTO, INTRODUCED INTO, OR OTHERWISE APPLIED TO THE
HUMAN BODY OR ANY PART THEREOF FOR CLEANSING, BEAUTIFYING, PROMOTING
ATTRACTIVENESS, OR ALTERING THE APPEARANCE OF THE HUMAN BODY OR ANY PART
THEREOF; OR
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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4. BATTERIES, WHICH SHALL MEAN A DEVICE CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE
CELLS, EACH CELL CONSISTING OF A POSITIVE ELECTRODE, A NEGATIVE ELEC-
TRODE AND AN ELECTROLYTE, WHICH IS USED TO PROVIDE STORED ELECTRICAL
POWER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.