Bill Text: NY A08568 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons under 18 years of age in New York state; defines salvia divinorum; sets penalties for sale and provides a defense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-13 - print number 8568a [A08568 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08568-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8568--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    August 31, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Economic Development -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Economic
         Development  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
         sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state
         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  391-s to read as follows:
    3    S 391-S. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF SALVIA DIVINORUM. 1. NO PERSON, FIRM,
    4  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY, OR
    5  OTHER ENTITY SHALL SELL OR OFFER TO SELL  OR  GIVE  AWAY,  AS  EITHER  A
    6  RETAIL  OR  WHOLESALE  PROMOTION,  SALVIA  DIVINORUM,  COMMONLY KNOWN AS
    7  SALVIA WITHIN NEW YORK STATE, EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION  THREE
    8  OF THIS SECTION.
    9    2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM SALVIA DIVINORUM SHALL MEAN
   10  THE HERB FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS "SKA MARIA  PASTORA"  AND  "DIVINER'S
   11  SAGE" WHICH IS A PERENNIAL HERB IN THE MINT FAMILY THAT RESEMBLES SAGE.
   12    3.   NOTHING   IN   THIS   SECTION   SHALL  APPLY  TO  NONPRESCRIPTION
   13  OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS APPROVED OR REGULATED BY  THE  FEDERAL  FOOD  AND
   14  DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
   15    4.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED
   16  LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
   17  SECTION  BY SELLING, OFFERING TO SELL, OR GIVING AWAY AS EITHER A RETAIL
   18  OR WHOLESALE PROMOTION SALVIA DIVINORUM, SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  A  CIVIL
   19  PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER VIOLATION, RECOVERABLE
   20  IN AN ACTION BY ANY ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY DESIGNATED BY ANY MUNICIPALITY
   21  OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 8568--A                          2
    1    5.  IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE THAT ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, PARTNER-
    2  SHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT SOLD,
    3  OFFERED FOR SALE, OR GAVE AWAY AS EITHER A RETAIL OR WHOLESALE PROMOTION
    4  SALVIA DIVINORUM, DID NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS  SALVIA  DIVINORUM,
    5  IF SUCH KNOWLEDGE WAS NOT REASONABLY DISCOVERABLE.
    6    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    7  have become a law.