Assembly Bill A1589

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for the illegal shipment of cigarettes

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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-A1589 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2170
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1399-ll, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1833, S2324
2013-2014: A365, S5215

2011-A1589 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to penalties for the illegal shipment of cigarettes and the authority of state and local authorities to bring actions to recover civil fines for such violations.

2011-A1589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1589

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ,  MAGEE, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, MILLMAN,
  PAULIN, MAISEL, REILLY, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,  CALHOUN, CLARK, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, JAFFEE, McDONOUGH, McENE-
  NY, McKEVITT, P. RIVERA, SPANO, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to the shipment of
  cigarettes

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 2 and 5 of section 1399-ll of the public
health law, as added by chapter 262 of the laws of 2000, are amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for any person engaged in the business of
selling cigarettes to ship or cause to be shipped any cigarettes to  any
person  in  this  state who is not: (a) a person licensed as a cigarette
tax agent or wholesale dealer under article twenty of  the  tax  law  or
registered  retail dealer under section four hundred eighty-a of the tax
law; (b) an export warehouse proprietor pursuant to chapter  52  of  the
internal  revenue  code  or  an  operator  of a customs bonded warehouse
pursuant to section 1311 or 1555 of title 19 of the United States  Code;
or  (c)  a  person  who  [is] PRESENTS HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS an officer,
employee or agent of the United  States  government,  this  state  or  a
department,  agency,  instrumentality  or  political  subdivision of the
United States or this state, when such person is  acting  in  accordance
with  his  or  her  official duties. For purposes of this subdivision, a
person is a licensed or registered agent or dealer  described  in  para-
graph  (a)  of  this subdivision if his or her name appears on a list of
licensed or registered agents or dealers published by the department  of
taxation  and finance, or if such person is licensed or registered as an
agent or dealer under article twenty of the tax law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04477-01-1

              

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