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A02547 Summary:

BILL NO	A02547
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Pretlow
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S1399-dd-1, Pub Health L
Relates to the sale of tobacco products over the internet; requires companies selling tobacco products over the internet to first send a form to individuals to sign stating that such individual is eighteen years of age or older and upon receipt of such form, the company may send the tobacco products if such person is over the requisite age.

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A02547 Actions:

BILL NO	A02547
01/19/2011	referred to governmental operations
04/28/2011	reference changed to health
06/02/2011	reported referred to codes
01/04/2012	referred to health
02/07/2012	reported referred to codes

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A02547 Floor Votes:

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A02547 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2547
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 19, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale of tobac-
          co products over the internet
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1399-dd-1 to read as follows:
     3    § 1399-dd-1. Retail shipment of tobacco products.   Before  a  company
     4  may  ship  tobacco products to an individual attempting to purchase such
     5  products, over the internet or otherwise, such company shall send a form
     6  to the individual requesting an authorized signature that such  individ-
     7  ual  is  eighteen  years of age or older. Upon receipt of such form such
     8  company may then ship the tobacco products.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    10  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD03068-01-1

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