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Senate Bill S7601

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one

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2021-S7601 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-hhh, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S582

2021-S7601 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one.

2021-S7601 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7601 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7601
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person 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-hhh to read as follows:
   § 399-HHH. SALE OF SODIUM NITRATE AND SODIUM NITRITE.   1. NO  PERSON,
 CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FIRM OR ANY OTHER
 BUSINESS ENTITY DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR
 SALE SODIUM NITRATE OR SODIUM NITRITE TO ANY PERSON  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF
 TWENTY-ONE.
   2.  ANY  PERSON,  CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
 FIRM, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE SELL-
 ING, OFFERING FOR SALE, OR DISTRIBUTING SODIUM NITRATE OR SODIUM NITRITE
 SHALL REQUIRE PROOF OF LEGAL AGE PRIOR  TO  ALLOWING  AN  INDIVIDUAL  TO
 PURCHASE OR RECEIVE A SHIPMENT OF SODIUM NITRATE OR SODIUM NITRITE. SUCH
 IDENTIFICATION  NEED  NOT  BE  REQUIRED OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REASONABLY
 APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS OF AGE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH
 APPEARANCE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A DEFENSE IN ANY PROCEEDING ALLEGING THE
 SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF SODIUM NITRATE OR SODIUM NITRITE TO AN  INDIVID-
 UAL UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
   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,  PROVIDED  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  NOT  BE  CONSTRUED  TO LIMIT ANY OTHER CRIMINAL OR CIVIL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13998-01-1
 S. 7601                             2

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