STATE OF NEW YORK
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8939
IN ASSEMBLY
January 8, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to articles of
bedding
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 387 of the general business law, as amended by a
2 chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the general business law relating
3 to articles of bedding, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
4 587-a and A. 5227-a, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 387. Inspections. Every place where articles of bedding are made,
6 remade or renovated, or materials therefor are prepared or sterilized,
7 or where such articles or materials are sold, shall be subject to
8 inspection by the secretary of state who shall have power to inspect the
9 manufacture, sale or delivery, and sanitization of all articles or mate-
10 rials covered by this article, to open and examine the contents thereof
11 and power to seize and hold for evidence any article of bedding, in
12 whole or in part, which the secretary has reason to believe is made or
13 sold or held in possession in violation of this article. The frequency
14 of such inspections shall be at the discretion of the secretary of
15 state[, provided, however, that every place where articles of bedding
16 are made, remade or renovated, or materials therefor are prepared or
17 sterilized, or where such articles or materials are sold, shall be
18 inspected at least once during any continuous three year period in which
19 such place is registered pursuant to this article]. For the purpose of
20 administering and enforcing the provisions of this article the secretary
21 shall have and may use the powers conferred on him by the executive law
22 in addition to the powers conferred in this article.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
24 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the general business
25 law relating to articles of bedding, as proposed in legislative bills
26 numbers S. 587-a and A. 5227-a, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00097-04-8
