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A01743 Summary:

BILL NO	A01743
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Pretlow
COSPNSR	Abinanti
MLTSPNSR
Add S1399-dd-1, Pub Health L
Relates to the sale of tobacco products over the internet; requires companies selling tobacco products over the internet to first send a form to individuals to sign stating that such individual is eighteen years of age or older and upon receipt of such form, the company may send the tobacco products if such person is over the requisite age.

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A01743 Actions:

BILL NO	A01743
01/12/2015	referred to health
03/03/2015	reported referred to codes
01/06/2016	referred to health
01/26/2016	reported referred to codes

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A01743 Committee Votes:

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A01743 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1743
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale of tobac-
          co products over the internet
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1399-dd-1 to read as follows:
     3    § 1399-dd-1. Retail shipment of tobacco products.   Before  a  company
     4  may  ship  tobacco products to an individual attempting to purchase such
     5  products, over the internet or otherwise, such company shall send a form
     6  to the individual requesting an authorized signature that such  individ-
     7  ual  is  eighteen  years of age or older. Upon receipt of such form such
     8  company may then ship the tobacco products.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    10  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05313-01-5

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