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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4822
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, JAFFEE, CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, COOK, PAULIN,
          WEISENBERG,  MARKEY, COLTON, CASTRO, GLICK, KAVANAGH, JACOBS, DINOWITZ
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. ABINANTI, GABRYSZAK, GIBSON,  HOOP-
          ER,  MILLER,  PEOPLES-STOKES, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
 

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          cadmium-added novelty consumer products
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 2 to read as follows:
     3                                    TITLE 2
     4                   CADMIUM-ADDED NOVELTY CONSUMER PRODUCTS
     5  Section 27-0201. Cadmium-added novelty consumer products.
     6  § 27-0201. Cadmium-added novelty consumer products.
     7    1. "Cadmium-added novelty consumer product" means a  product  intended
     8  mainly  for personal use or adornment that contains cadmium in an amount
     9  equal to or in excess of .0075 per cent by weight.  Cadmium-added novel-

    10  ty consumer products include but are not limited to  jewelry,  toys  and
    11  ornaments.
    12    2.  On and after June 1, 2015, no person shall sell, offer for sale or
    13  distribute free of charge in the state any cadmium-added novelty consum-
    14  er product. A manufacturer that produces  or  that  sells  cadmium-added
    15  novelty consumer products shall notify retailers that sell such products
    16  about  the product ban and inform such retailers how to properly dispose
    17  of the remaining inventory.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01417-01-3