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S03038 Summary:

BILL NO	S03038
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	SANDERS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §240.78, Pen L
Relates to prohibiting the distribution and sale of certain lasers.

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S03038 Actions:

BILL NO	S03038
02/01/2019	REFERRED TO CODES
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO CODES

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S03038 Committee Votes:

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S03038 Floor Votes:

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S03038 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3038
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 1, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 240.78  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.78 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.
                                                                   LBD09138-01-9

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