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Senate Bill S8472

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of children's jewelry containing lead

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2019-S8472 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §37-0115, En Con L

2019-S8472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of children's jewelry containing lead; establishes that beginning July 1, 2021 the sale of children's jewelry containing a certain lead content without a warning statement is prohibited.

2019-S8472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8472
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   sale of children's jewelry containing lead
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 5 of  section  37-0115
 of  the  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 43 of the
 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   Effective [January] JULY first, two thousand twenty-one,  no  manufac-
 turer  shall sell, or offer for sale, children's jewelry that contains a
 total lead content in any component part of the item that is  more  than
 0.004%  (40  parts  per  million)  but  less  than  0.01% (100 parts per
 million) by total weight or a lower standard for lead content as may  be
 established  by  federal  or  state law or rule unless that item bears a
 warning statement that indicates that at least one component part of the
 item contains lead.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16500-01-0

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