S01833 Summary:

BILL NOS01833A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08568-A
 
SPONSORFLANAGAN
 
COSPNSRLANZA, LIBOUS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S391-s, Gen Bus L
 
Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state; defines salvia divinorum; sets penalties for sale and provides a defense.
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S01833 Actions:

BILL NOS01833A
 
01/13/2011REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
02/08/20111ST REPORT CAL.81
02/14/20112ND REPORT CAL.
02/15/2011ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
03/21/2011PASSED SENATE
03/21/2011DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/21/2011referred to economic development
01/04/2012died in assembly
01/04/2012returned to senate
01/04/2012REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
01/18/20121ST REPORT CAL.68
01/19/2012AMENDED 1833A
01/19/20122ND REPORT CAL.
01/23/2012ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
01/24/2012PASSED SENATE
01/24/2012DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
01/24/2012referred to economic development
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S01833 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S01833 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1833--A
            Cal. No. 68
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. FLANAGAN, LIBOUS -- 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 -- reported favorably from  said

          committee,  ordered  to first report, amended on first report, ordered
          to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the
          order of second report
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
          sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state
 
          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  391-s to read as follows:
     3    § 391-s. Sale or distribution of salvia divinorum. 1. No person, firm,
     4  corporation, partnership, association,  limited  liability  company,  or
     5  other  entity  shall  sell  or  offer  to sell or give away, as either a
     6  retail or wholesale  promotion,  salvia  divinorum,  commonly  known  as

     7  salvia  within New York state, except as authorized by subdivision three
     8  of this section.
     9    2. For purposes of this section, the term salvia divinorum shall  mean
    10  the  herb  frequently  referred to as "Ska Maria Pastora" and "Diviner's
    11  Sage" which is a perennial herb in the mint family that resembles sage.
    12    3. Nothing in this section shall apply  to  nonprescription  over-the-
    13  counter  drugs approved or regulated by the federal food and drug admin-
    14  istration.
    15    4. Any person, firm, corporation,  partnership,  association,  limited
    16  liability  company, or other entity that violates the provisions of this
    17  section by selling, offering to sell, or giving away as either a  retail

    18  or  wholesale  promotion  salvia  divinorum, shall be subject to a civil
    19  penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation, recoverable
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06204-06-2

        S. 1833--A                          2
 
     1  in an action by any enforcement authority designated by any municipality
     2  or political subdivision.
     3    5.  It shall be a defense that any person, firm, corporation, partner-
     4  ship, association, limited liability company, or other entity that sold,
     5  offered for sale, or gave away as either a retail or wholesale promotion

     6  salvia divinorum, did not have knowledge that it was  salvia  divinorum,
     7  if such knowledge was not reasonably discoverable.
     8    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law.
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