STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 4925 A. 7341
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
April 29, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer
Protection
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
sale of carolina fanwort
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-tt to read as follows:
3 § 399-tt. Sale of carolina fanwort prohibited. 1. For purposes of this
4 section, "carolina fanwort" means a weedy or invasive plant and is known
5 scientifically as cabomba caroliniana grey.
6 2. No person, corporation, partnership or limited liability company
7 shall knowingly sell or offer for sale carolina fanwort.
8 3. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be an offense
9 punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. A violation
10 of the provisions of this section after having been previously convicted
11 of such an offense within the previous five years shall be punishable by
12 a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11020-01-1
