Authorizes minors to operate temporary businesses operating for less than thirty days and generating less than five thousand dollars in profit per calendar year without certain licenses or permits; permits local government or law enforcement to require such temporary business to move if the location is determined to pose a substantial risk to health and safety.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6471
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. DAIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to authorizing
minors to operate temporary businesses without certain licenses or
permits
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
398-g to read as follows:
§ 398-G. TEMPORARY BUSINESSES OPERATED BY MINORS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THIS SECTION:
(A) "MINOR" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
(B) "TEMPORARY BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN ANY BUSINESS THAT OPERATES FOR
LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS AND GENERATES LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
PROFIT IN A CALENDAR YEAR.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
THE CONTRARY, A MINOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN ANY PERMIT OR
LICENSE, OTHER THAN A LICENSE REQUIRED BY ARTICLE FIVE, SIX, SIX-C,
SIX-D, SEVEN, EIGHT-B, ELEVEN, FOURTEEN, TWENTY-SEVEN, TWENTY-SEVEN-A,
TWENTY-EIGHT, TWENTY-NINE-A, THIRTY-FIVE-C OR FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER
OR A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE REQUIRED BY THE EDUCATION LAW OR THE PUBLIC
HEALTH LAW, TO OPERATE A TEMPORARY BUSINESS.
3. THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OR THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN WHICH THE MINOR OPERATED TEMPORARY BUSINESS IS
LOCATED MAY REQUIRE SUCH MINOR TO MOVE THE LOCATION OF SUCH TEMPORARY
BUSINESS IF SUCH LOCATION IS DETERMINED TO POSE A SUBSTANTIAL RISK TO
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF SUCH MINOR OR OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06158-01-5
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