Senate Bill S4494

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases penalties associated with the packaging, sale or certification of kosher foods

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  • 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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2011-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6439
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-c, Ag & Mkts L

2011-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties associated with the packaging, sale or certification of kosher foods; increases first violation from one thousand dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars; increases second violation from five thousand dollars to seven thousand five hundred dollars.

2011-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4494

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
  ing penalties associated with the packaging, sale or certification  of
  kosher foods

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of  section  201-c  of  the  agriculture  and
markets  law, as added by chapter 151 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
read as follows:
  6. Failure to comply with the requirements  of  sections  two  hundred
one-a  and  two  hundred  one-b  of this article and this section or the
failure to conform sales practices to the information  provided  in  the
kosher  certification  form pursuant to this section shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than [one] TWO thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars for a
first violation; not  more  than  [five]  SEVEN  thousand  FIVE  HUNDRED
dollars  for  a second violation; and not more than ten thousand dollars
for a third violation and each subsequent violation thereafter.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10123-01-1

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