Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to consumer protection |
Feb 17, 2023 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S4979
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 3rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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
2023-S4979 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S4979 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4979 SPONSOR: MURRAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors PURPOSE: To prohibit businesses from selling machetes to minors. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends Section 399-qq of the general business law. Subdivision 1. Prohibits any person, firm, or corporation to sell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale promotion a machete to any person under eighteen years of age. Subdivision 2. Defines the term "machete" means a large heavy knife with a broad blade, used primarily for cutting brush or vegetation.
2023-S4979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4979 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors 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: § 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. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MACHETE" MEANS A LARGE HEAVY KNIFE WITH A BROAD BLADE, USED PRIMARILY 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. 5. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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