Bill Text: NY A08105 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes maximum nicotine levels for electronic cigarettes and e-liquids manufactured in this state; defines "e-liquids".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A08105 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08105-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8105

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 3, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing maxi-
          mum nicotine levels for electronic cigarettes

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  1399-aa  of  the public health law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
     3    14. "E-liquid" means a liquid composed of nicotine  and  other  chemi-
     4  cals,  and  which is sold as a product that may be used in an electronic
     5  cigarette.
     6    § 2. Section 1399-dd of the public health law, as amended  by  chapter
     7  448 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     8    § 1399-dd. Sale and manufacture of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes
     9  or  electronic  cigarettes  [in  vending  machines]. 1. No person, firm,
    10  partnership, company or corporation  shall  operate  a  vending  machine
    11  which  dispenses tobacco products, herbal cigarettes or electronic ciga-
    12  rettes unless such machine is located: (a) in a bar as defined in subdi-
    13  vision one of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-n of this chapter, or
    14  the bar area of a food service establishment with a  valid,  on-premises
    15  full liquor license; (b) in a private club; (c) in a tobacco business as
    16  defined  in subdivision eight of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa
    17  of this article; or (d) in a place of employment which has an  insignif-
    18  icant portion of its regular workforce comprised of people under the age
    19  of  eighteen years and only in such locations that are not accessible to
    20  the general public; provided, however, that in such locations the  vend-
    21  ing  machine  is  located in plain view and under the direct supervision
    22  and control of the person in charge of the location or his or her desig-
    23  nated agent or employee.
    24    2. (a) No person, firm, partnership, company, or  corporation  engaged
    25  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  electronic cigarettes or e-liquids

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11728-01-9

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     1  shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured in this  state  any  elec-
     2  tronic  cigarette  or  e-liquid  containing  a  nicotine level above two
     3  percent.
     4    (b)  Any  person,  firm,  partnership,  company,  or  corporation  who
     5  violates this subdivision, or any rule or regulation promulgated  pursu-
     6  ant  thereto,  may  be assessed by the commissioner, a civil penalty for
     7  each such  violation.  Each  violation  and  each  day  during  which  a
     8  violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
     9    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
    11  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    12  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
    13  completed on or before such effective date.
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