Senate Bill S157

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Amends certain definitions relating to tobacco products and changes the minimum pack sizes for tobacco products and the tax amount for tobacco products

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S157 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa & 1399-gg, Pub Health L; amd §§470 & 471-b, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4365
2015-2016: S702
2019-2020: S468
2021-2022: S1167
2023-2024: S3448

2017-S157 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends certain definitions relating to tobacco products and changes the minimum pack sizes for tobacco products and the tax amount for tobacco products.

2017-S157 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    157
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the tax law,  in  relation  to
   amending  certain  definitions  relating  to  tobacco products; and to
   amend the public health law and the tax law, in relation  to  changing
   the  minimum  pack  sizes  for tobacco products and the tax amount for
   tobacco products
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 5 of section 1399-aa of the public health law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  152  of the laws of 2004, is amended and a new
 subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
   5. "Tobacco products" means one or more cigarettes or  cigars,  bidis,
 chewing  tobacco,  LOOSE TOBACCO, SINGLE-UNIT TOBACCO, powdered tobacco,
 nicotine water or any other tobacco products AND ALSO INCLUDES ANY OTHER
 PRODUCT CONTAINING TOBACCO OR NICOTINE THAT IS INTENDED OR  EXPECTED  TO
 BE  CONSUMED  EXCEPT  FOR ANY SUCH PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE
 U.S.  FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR SALE AS A TOBACCO  USE  CESSATION
 PRODUCT  OR  FOR  OTHER  MEDICAL PURPOSES AND IS BEING MARKETED AND SOLD
 SOLELY FOR THAT APPROVED PURPOSE.
   14. "CIGARETTE" MEANS ANY ROLL FOR SMOKING MADE WHOLLY OR IN  PART  OF
 TOBACCO  OR OF ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE, IRRESPECTIVE OF SIZE, SHAPE, APPEAR-
 ANCE, PACKAGING, PRICING, MARKETING OR LABELING AND WHETHER OR NOT  SUCH
 TOBACCO  OR  SUBSTANCE  IS FLAVORED, ADULTERATED OR MIXED WITH ANY OTHER
 INGREDIENT, THE WRAPPER OR COVER OF WHICH IS MADE OF PAPER OR ANY  OTHER
 SUBSTANCE  OR  MATERIAL  BUT  IS NOT MADE IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF TOBACCO
 THAT IS LIKELY TO BE OFFERED TO, PURCHASED BY, OR CONSUMED BY  CONSUMERS
 AS  A  CIGARETTE,  AS  DEFINED  ABOVE,  INCLUDING  ANY  ROLL FOR SMOKING
 CONTAINING TOBACCO WRAPPED IN A SUBSTANCE CONTAINING TOBACCO THAT WEIGHS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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