S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7430
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 3, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
sale of whipped cream chargers to persons under the age of twenty-one
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-ii to read as follows:
§ 399-II. SALE OF WHIPPED CREAM CHARGERS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, THE TERM "WHIPPED CREAM CHARGER" SHALL MEAN A STEEL CYLINDER OR
CARTRIDGE FILLED WITH NITROUS OXIDE (N2O) THAT IS USED AS A WHIPPING
AGENT IN A WHIPPED CREAM DISPENSER, AND IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A
WHIPPIT, WHIPPET, NOSSY, NANG, JOHNSON OR CHARGER.
2. NO PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
FIRM OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL
SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE A WHIPPED CREAM CHARGER TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE
AGE OF TWENTY-ONE.
3. ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
FIRM OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL OFFENSE AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR THE SECOND AND EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10269-01-9