Senate Bill S684

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the presentation of photographic identification for the purchase of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages

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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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2015-S684 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-cc & 1399-ee, Pub Health L; amd §65, ABC L

2015-S684 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the presentation of photographic identification for the purchase of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages.

2015-S684 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S684 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   684

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the alcoholic beverage control
  law, in relation to requiring the presentation of  photographic  iden-
  tification for the purchase of tobacco products and alcoholic beverag-
  es

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

  Section 1. Section 1399-cc of the public health  law,  as  amended  by
chapter 542 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1399-cc.  Sale of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nico-
tine, shisha, rolling papers or smoking paraphernalia to minors  prohib-
ited. 1.  As used in this section:
  (a)  "A  device  capable  of  deciphering  any electronically readable
format" or "device" shall mean any commercial device or  combination  of
devices  used at a point of sale or entry that is capable of reading the
information encoded on the bar code or  magnetic  strip  of  a  driver's
license  or  non-driver  identification card issued by the state commis-
sioner of motor vehicles;
  (b) "Card holder" means any person presenting a  driver's  license  or
non-driver identification card to a licensee, or to the agent or employ-
ee of such licensee under this chapter;
  (c)  "Smoking paraphernalia" means any pipe, water pipe, hookah, roll-
ing papers, vaporizer  or  any  other  device,  equipment  or  apparatus
designed for the inhalation of tobacco;
  (d)  "Transaction  scan"  means the process involving an automated bar
code reader by which a licensee, or agent  or  employee  of  a  licensee
under  this chapter reviews a driver's license or non-driver identifica-
tion card presented as a precondition for  the  purchase  of  a  tobacco

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01046-02-5
              

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