Bill Text: NY S07815 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases fines for misbranding of fur-bearing articles of clothing; $1,000 for first violation; $2,000 for subsequent violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1047 [S07815 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07815-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7815
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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  increasing
          fines for selling and manufacturing fur-bearing articles of clothing
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 399-aaa of  the  general  business
     2  law,  as added by chapter 611 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a  fine  of  not
     5  more  than  [five  hundred] one thousand dollars for the first violation
     6  and not more  than  [one]  two  thousand  dollars  for  each  subsequent
     7  violation.
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04143-01-5