NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7503B

Senate Bill S7503B

Signed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries to provide customers with an operating manual

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 11, 2024	approval memo.4 signed chap.201 delivered to governor
Jun 04, 2024	returned to senate passed assembly
May 29, 2024	ordered to third reading rules cal.146 substituted for a1910b
May 21, 2024	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
May 16, 2024	advanced to third reading
May 15, 2024	2nd report cal.
May 14, 2024	1st report cal.1077
May 08, 2024	print number 7503b
May 08, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to consumer protection
Mar 11, 2024	print number 7503a
Mar 11, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to consumer protection
Jan 03, 2024	referred to consumer protection
Jun 01, 2023	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- May 21, 2024 - Floor Vote
  S7503B
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 21, 2024
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Walczyk
      
      The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Mattera
  May 14, 2024 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote
  S7503B
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Consumer Protection Committee Vote: May 14, 2024
      
      aye (6)
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Myrie
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Weber

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2023-S7503 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1910
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §391-cc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: A9640

2023-S7503 - Summary

Requires retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered with lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices or bicycles to provide customers with an operating manual.

2023-S7503 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7503

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
retailers of bicycles with electric assist and electric batteries to
provide customers with an operating manual; and to amend the real prop-
erty law, in relation to requiring residential leases to contain a lease
rider indicating that the tenant agrees to not use electrical outlets
for charging of electric batteries in such leased residence

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391.

§ 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-j.

§ 3. Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

To assist in the prevention of overcharging and explosion of batteries
for electric assist bicycles. This legislation requires that retailers
supply the customer with the operating manual and that all tenants agree
not to use the electric outlets within their resident to charge electric
assist batteries. Here are just a few of the fires in New York City
caused by e-bike and e-scooter batteries last year, which reached a
record of 104 fires, resulting in 79 injuries and four deaths. These
numbers more than doubled from the previous year, when 44 fires led to
23 injuries, up from 28 fires in 2019.

An e-bike's battery burst into flames while charging in a Bronx restau-
rant, starting a four-alarm fire that drew more than 150 first respon-
ders and left one firefighter seriously injured.

A man was killed and multiple families displaced when the nine e-bike
batteries he was charging erupted inside his apartment. The force of the
blast blew out the windows and collapsed an internal wall, according to
the FDNY.

An E-scooter battery fire tore through a house end killed a 9-year-old
boy.

Find information on E-bikes and E-scooters and charging
https://rechargedcommute.com/

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New: A9640

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Unknown

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

2023-S7503 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7503
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  requiring
   retailers  of  bicycles with electric assist and electric batteries to
   provide customers with an operating manual;  and  to  amend  the  real
   property law, in relation to requiring residential leases to contain a
   lease  rider  indicating  that the tenant agrees to not use electrical
   outlets for charging of electric batteries in such leased residence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-cc to read as follows:
   § 391-CC. SALE  OF  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST; SALE OF ELECTRIC
 BATTERIES. NO PERSON REGULARLY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING  BICY-
 CLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST OR LITHIUM ION ELECTRIC BATTERIES AT RETAIL
 SHALL SELL ANY SUCH BICYCLES OR BATTERIES WITHOUT PROVIDING THE PURCHAS-
 ER AN OPERATING MANUAL FOR SUCH BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OR FOR SUCH
 LITHIUM ION  ELECTRIC  BATTERY.  SUCH  OPERATING  MANUAL  SHALL  INCLUDE
 INSTRUCTIONS  ON  HOW TO STORE AND CHARGE THE BATTERY, WHEN AND WHERE TO
 CHARGE THE BATTERY, AND WHAT TO DO IF THE BATTERY  OVERHEATS  OR  LEAKS,
 THERE IS A STRANGE ODOR OR NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BATTERY OR THERE IS
 A CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OR COLOR OF THE BATTERY.
   § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-j to
 read as follows:
   § 235-J. LEASE  RIDER  FOR  CHARGING ELECTRIC BATTERIES. EACH OWNER OF
 RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY SHALL FURNISH TO EACH TENANT SIGNING A NEW  OR
 RENEWAL  LEASE, A RIDER INDICATING THAT SUCH TENANT AGREES TO NOT USE AN
 ELECTRICAL OUTLET FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  CHARGING  AN  ELECTRIC  BATTERY,
 INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND A BATTERY MEANT
 FOR USE IN A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST. SUCH RIDER SHALL BE  ATTACHED
 AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE LEASE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01426-01-3

 S. 7503                             2
 
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

2023-S7503A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1910
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §391-cc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: A9640

2023-S7503A - Summary

2023-S7503A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7503A

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
retailers of bicycles with electric assist and electric batteries to
provide customers with an operating manual

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391.

§ 2. Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

To assist in the prevention of overcharging and explosion of batteries
for electric assist bicycles. This legislation requires that retailers
supply the customer with the operating manual and that all tenants agree
not to use the electric outlets within their resident to charge electric

assist batteries. Here are just a few of the fires in New York City
caused by e-bike and e-scooter batteries last year, which reached a
record of 104 fires, resulting in 79 injuries and four deaths. These
numbers more than doubled from the, previous year, when 44 fires led to
23 injuries, up from 28 fires in 2019.

An e-bike's battery burst into flames while charging in a Bronx restau-
rant, starting a four-alarm fire that drew more than 150 first respon-
ders and left one firefighter seriously injured.

A man was killed and multiple families displaced when the nine e-bike
batteries he was charging erupted inside his apartment. The force of the
blast blew out the windows and collapsed an internal wall, according to
the FDNY.

An E-scooter battery fire tore through a house end killed a 9-year-old
boy.

Find information on E-bikes and E-scooters and charging

https://rechargedcommute.com/

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREVIOUS AND AMENDED VERSION

This bill has been amended by removing the original bill's addition of a
section to the real property law that would have required residential
leases to contain a rider indicating that the tenant agrees to not use
electrical outlets in the leased premises. for charging of electric
batteries

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Unknown
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on
or before such effective date.

2023-S7503A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7503--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   retailers  of  bicycles with electric assist and electric batteries to
   provide customers with an operating manual
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-cc to read as follows:
   § 391-CC. SALE  OF  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST; SALE OF ELECTRIC
 BATTERIES. NO PERSON REGULARLY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING  BICY-
 CLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST OR LITHIUM ION ELECTRIC BATTERIES AT RETAIL
 SHALL SELL ANY SUCH BICYCLES OR BATTERIES WITHOUT PROVIDING THE PURCHAS-
 ER AN OPERATING MANUAL FOR SUCH BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OR FOR SUCH
 LITHIUM ION ELECTRIC BATTERY. SUCH OPERATING MANUAL SHALL BE PRINTED  IN
 ENGLISH AND THE THREE MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMIT-
 ED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE
 MOST  RECENT  AMERICAN  COMMUNITY  SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES
 CENSUS BUREAU.  THE MANUAL SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS ON  HOW  TO  STORE
 AND  CHARGE  THE BATTERY, WHEN AND WHERE TO CHARGE THE BATTERY, AND WHAT
 TO DO IF THE BATTERY OVERHEATS OR LEAKS, THERE  IS  A  STRANGE  ODOR  OR
 NOISE  ASSOCIATED  WITH THE BATTERY OR THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OR
 COLOR OF THE BATTERY, AND A WEBSITE ADDRESS WHERE THE ELECTRONIC VERSION
 OF SUCH MANUAL IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND THE TWELVE MOST  COMMON  NON-
 ENGLISH  LANGUAGES  SPOKEN  BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS IN
 THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA  IN  THE  MOST  RECENT  AMERICAN  COMMUNITY
 SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01426-03-3
 S. 7503--A                          2

 
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

co-Sponsors

2023-S7503B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1910
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §391-cc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: A9640

2023-S7503B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S7503B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7503B

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and
limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-
ion batteries intended for use in such devices or bicycles to provide
customers with an operating manual

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391.

§ 2. Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

To assist in the prevention of overcharging and explosion of batteries
for lithium-ion-battery-powered e-bikes, e-scooters, other micromobility

devices, limited use motorcycles, or the lithium-ion batteries for such.
This legislation requires that retailers of these products supply the
customer with an operating manual that includes instructions on storing
and charging batteries and management when problems arise.

Here are just a few of the fires in New York City caused by e-bike and
e-scooter batteries last year, which reached a record of 104 fires,
resulting in 79 injuries and four deaths. These numbers more than
doubled from the previous year, when 44 fires led to 23 injuries, up
from 28 fires in 2019.

An e-bike's battery burst into flames while charging in a Bronx restau-
rant, starting a four-alarm fire that drew more than 150 first respon-
ders and left one firefighter seriously injured.

A man was killed, and multiple families displaced when the nine e-bike
batteries he was charging erupted inside his apartment. The force of the
blast blew out the windows and collapsed an internal wall, according to
the FDNY.

An E-scooter battery fire tore through a house end killed a 9-year-old
boy.

Find information on E-bikes and E-scooters and charging at
https://rechargedcommute.com/

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
180 Days.

2023-S7503B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7503--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist  and
   limited  use  motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithi-
   um-ion batteries intended for use  in  such  devices  or  bicycles  to
   provide customers with an operating manual
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-cc to read as follows:
   § 391-CC. SALE OF MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST
 AND LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES POWERED BY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, AND LITHI-
 UM-ION BATTERIES INTENDED FOR USE IN SUCH DEVICES OR BICYCLES.    1.  AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A) "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH AN ORGANIC
 SOLVENT  ELECTROLYTE  AND POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODES WHICH UTILIZE
 AN INTERCALATION COMPOUND IN WHICH LITHIUM IS STORED.
   (B) "MICROMOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS AN ELECTRIC  SCOOTER  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN ELEC-
 TRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE  MOBILITY  DEVICE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-D  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR OTHER PERSONAL
 MOBILITY DEVICE POWERED BY A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY. THE TERM MICROMOBILITY
 DEVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC  ASSIST  AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, LIMITED USE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01426-05-4

 S. 7503--B                          2
 
 MOTORCYCLES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE  VEHI-
 CLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHEELCHAIRS, OR OTHER ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN MOBILITY
 ASSISTANCE DEVICES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-A  OF  THE
 VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR ANY VEHICLE THAT IS CAPABLE OF BEING REGIS-
 TERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   2. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION SHALL SELL
 OR OFFER FOR SALE AT RETAIL ANY BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW POWERED BY A
 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, MICROMOBILITY  DEVICES  POWERED  BY  A  LITHIUM-ION
 BATTERY, LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-ONE-B  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  POWERED  BY A LITHIUM-ION
 BATTERY, OR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES INTENDED FOR USE IN SUCH BICYCLES WITH
 ELECTRIC ASSIST, MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, OR LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES WITH-
 OUT PROVIDING TO THE PURCHASER AN OPERATING MANUAL FOR SUCH BICYCLE WITH
 ELECTRIC ASSIST, MICROMOBILITY DEVICE, OR LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE, OR FOR
 SUCH LITHIUM-ION BATTERY INTENDED FOR USE IN  A  BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC
 ASSIST, MICROMOBILITY DEVICE, OR LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE.
   3.  SUCH  OPERATING  MANUAL  REFERRED  TO  IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND THE THREE MOST COMMON  NON-ENGL-
 ISH  LANGUAGES  SPOKEN  BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE
 STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT  AMERICAN  COMMUNITY  SURVEY
 PUBLISHED  BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.  THE MANUAL SHALL INCLUDE
 INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO STORE AND CHARGE THE BATTERY, WHEN AND  WHERE  TO
 CHARGE  THE  BATTERY,  AND WHAT TO DO IF THE BATTERY OVERHEATS OR LEAKS,
 THERE IS A STRANGE ODOR OR NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BATTERY OR THERE IS
 A CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OR COLOR OF THE BATTERY,  AND  A  WEBSITE  ADDRESS
 WHERE  THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF SUCH MANUAL IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND
 THE TWELVE MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN  BY  LIMITED-ENGLISH
 PROFICIENT  INDIVIDUALS  IN  THE  STATE,  BASED  ON THE DATA IN THE MOST
 RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED  STATES  CENSUS
 BUREAU.
   4. VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION BY THE RETAIL ENTITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT
 MORE  THAN  TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND NOT MORE
 THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
   5. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT ANNUL, ALTER, AFFECT, OR EXEMPT ANY  PERSON,
 FIRM,   PARTNERSHIP,   CORPORATION,   OR  ASSOCIATION,  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION FROM COMPLYING  WITH  THE  LAWS,  ORDINANCES,
 RULES,  OR REGULATIONS OF ANY LOCALITY, RELATING TO THE AFFIXING, LABEL-
 ING, OR PROVISION OF IDENTIFICATION,  SAFETY,  INFORMATIONAL,  OR  OTHER
 MATERIALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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