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Assembly Bill A5970

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of monies by enforcement officers for tobacco enforcement activities related to enforcement of a local law

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2019-A5970 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-hh, Pub Health L

2019-A5970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of monies by enforcement officers for tobacco enforcement activities related to enforcement of a local law which restricts the age of purchase for tobacco products up to the age of twenty-one years old.

2019-A5970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5970
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  authorizing  the
   use  of  monies by enforcement officers for tobacco enforcement activ-
   ities related to enforcement of a local law which restricts the age of
   purchase for tobacco products up to the age of twenty-one years old
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 1399-hh of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 433 of the laws of  1997,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Monies  made  available  to  enforcement officers pursuant to this
 section shall only be used  for  local  tobacco  enforcement  activities
 approved by the commissioner; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT MONIES MAY BE USED
 BY  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  FOR TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
 ENFORCEMENT OF A LOCAL LAW WHICH  RESTRICTS  THE  AGE  OF  PURCHASE  FOR
 TOBACCO PRODUCTS UP TO THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01160-01-9

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