Assembly Bill A6798

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status Via S582 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A6798 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S582
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-hhh, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7601

2023-A6798 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A6798 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6798
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD02657-01-3
 A. 6798                             2

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