Bill Text: NY S05151 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of whipped cream chargers to persons under the age of twenty-one.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-21 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [S05151 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05151-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5151 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of whipped cream chargers to persons under the age of twenty-one 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-ii to read as follows: 3 § 399-ii. Sale of whipped cream chargers. 1. For purposes of this 4 section, the term "whipped cream charger" shall mean a steel cylinder or 5 cartridge filled with nitrous oxide (N2O) that is used as a whipping 6 agent in a whipped cream dispenser, and is commonly referred to as a 7 whippit, whippet, nossy, nang, Johnson or charger. 8 2. No person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, 9 firm or any other business entity doing business within this state shall 10 sell or offer for sale a whipped cream charger to any person under the 11 age of twenty-one. 12 3. Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, 13 firm or any other business entity that violates the provisions of this 14 section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred 15 fifty dollars for an initial offense and not more than five hundred 16 dollars for the second and each subsequent offense. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10269-01-9