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A01428 Summary:

BILL NO	A01428
SAME AS	SAME AS S04724
SPONSOR	Aubry
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §240.80, Pen L
Relates to prohibiting the distribution and sale of certain lasers.

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A01428 Actions:

BILL NO	A01428
01/17/2023	referred to codes
01/03/2024	referred to codes

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A01428 Committee Votes:

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A01428 Floor Votes:

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A01428 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1428
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to restricting  the  sale  of
          certain lasers
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.80 Sale of a laser.
     4    1. It shall be unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale a laser,
     5  as  defined  by  paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section 240.76 of
     6  this article, which exceeds one milliwatt in output power.
     7    2. This section shall not apply to lasers designed to be affixed to  a
     8  firearm  or  to  lasers  used  by  or  under the supervision of a person
     9  licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law.
    10    Sale of a laser is a class A misdemeanor.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05050-01-3

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