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SECTION 834
Sale of whipped cream chargers
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 38-B
§ 834. 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.

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 other business entity doing business within the state selling,
offering for sale, or distributing whipped cream chargers shall require
proof of legal age prior to allowing an individual to purchase or
receive a shipment of whipped cream chargers. Such identification need
not be required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least
twenty-five years of age, provided, however, that such appearance shall
not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale or
distribution of whipped cream chargers to an individual under twenty-one
years of age.

4. 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.