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May 18, 2010 |
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Feb 26, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A10051
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MILLER J
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Nancy Calhoun
Gary Finch
David McDonough
Adam Clayton Powell IV
multi-Sponsors
Nelson Castro
Clifford Crouch
Nettie Mayersohn
Thomas McKevitt
2009-A10051 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399-qq, Gen Bus L; amd §265.01, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2009-A10051 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10051 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale or promotional distribution of machetes; and to amend the penal law, in relation to including possession of a machete under the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree PURPOSE: To prohibit the sale of machetes to minors, and to include them specifically within the definition of a dangerous weapon. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends Section 399-qq of the General Business law to define a machete, and to prohibit their sale to persons under the age of eighteen. Section two amends Section 265.01 (2) of the Penal Law to define a machete as a dangerous weapon when possessed with intent to use unlawfully against another person. JUSTIFICATION: Machetes are long heavy single bladed tools with a varie- ty of legitimate uses, including landscaping, brush clearance, camping, and trail clearance in the wilderness. In other lands they are quite common for agricultural purposes as well. There are a good many reasons why law abiding New Yorkers would wish to purchase and possess a machete. Sadly, this tool is capable of use as a weapon, and a horrify- ingly effective one at that. Machetes are usable as essentially a short sword, and their sharp heavy blades are fully capable of chopping off a limb or even decapitating a
2009-A10051 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10051 I N A S S E M B L Y February 26, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. J. MILLER, CALHOUN, FINCH, McDONOUGH, POWELL, RAIA, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CASTRO, CROUCH, MAYERSOHN, McKEVITT, OAKS, SALADINO, TOWNSEND, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale or promotional distribution of machetes; and to amend the penal law, in relation to including possession of a machete under the crime of crim- inal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 399-qq of the general business law, as added by chapter 243 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: S 399-qq. Sale or promotional distribution of MACHETES, utility knives, box cutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or corpo- ration shall sell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale promotion a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to any person under eighteen years of age. 2. For purposes of this section, the term "utility knife", "box cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade, retractable or non-retractable, attached to or contained within a plas- tic or metal housing. THE TERM "MACHETE" SHALL MEAN ANY HEAVY BLADED SINGLE EDGED KNIFE WITH A BLADE OF TWELVE INCHES OR MORE DESIGNED PRIMA- RILY FOR CUTTING BRUSH OR VEGETATION. 3. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the temporary transfer of a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to a person under eighteen years of age by such person's employer where such device is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during the course and scope of such person's employment. 4. No provision of this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of any county, city, town or village to enact and enforce additional local laws, ordinances or codes, or portions thereof, provided the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15346-02-0
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