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Senate Bill S5151

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of whipped cream chargers to persons under the age of twenty-one

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2019-S5151 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7430
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-ii, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2819, A754

2019-S5151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of whipped cream chargers to persons under the age of twenty-one.

2019-S5151 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5151
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer 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

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