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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7602--A
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 16, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. MILLMAN, TITONE, KOON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of  A.  BARRON,  BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CARROZZA, CLARK,
          DINOWITZ, FIELDS,  GALEF,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  JOHN,  MAISEL,  MARKEY,
          MAYERSOHN,  McENENY,  PERRY,  PHEFFER,  REILLY,  RUSSELL,  WEISENBERG,
          WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Develop-

          ment, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry -- reported and referred  to
          the  Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  sale  of
          engine coolant and antifreeze
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-i to read as follows:
     3    § 399-i. Engine coolant and antifreeze. 1. Any engine coolant or anti-
     4  freeze sold in this state on or after July first, two  thousand  eleven,
     5  that is manufactured on or after January first, two thousand eleven, and
     6  that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol, shall include dena-

     7  tonium  benzoate at a minimum of thirty parts per million  and a maximum
     8  of fifty parts per million as a bittering agent within the product so as
     9  to render it unpalatable.   Another aversive agent  may  be  used  as  a
    10  bittering  agent  if  it meets or exceeds the degree of aversion in test
    11  subjects obtained by utilizing the formulation of a  minimum  of  thirty
    12  parts per million and a maximum of fifty parts per million of denatonium
    13  benzoate  in  engine coolant or antifreeze. Any manufacturer or packager
    14  of a product subject to this section shall  maintain  a  record  of  the
    15  trade  name,  scientific  name,  and active ingredients of any bittering
    16  agent used pursuant to this section. Information and documentation main-

    17  tained pursuant to this section shall be furnished to any member of  the
    18  public upon request.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05413-02-9
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     1    2. This section shall not be construed to apply to the sale of a motor
     2  vehicle that contains engine coolant or antifreeze.
     3    3. For purposes of this section, the terms "engine coolant" and "anti-
     4  freeze"  shall  mean any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more
     5  than ten percent ethylene glycol.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.