Bill Text: NY S03493 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that on each seasonal and decorative lighting product manufactured, sold or delivered by a manufacturer or distributed in this state that contains an electrical cord casing in which lead is used, there shall be a warning label; defines terms; provides for civil penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-24 - PRINT NUMBER 3493A [S03493 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03493-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3493--A A. 5147--A Cal. No. 195 2019-2020 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY February 7, 2019 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, THIELE, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, DE LA ROSA, JEAN-PIERRE, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the manufacture and sale of seasonal and decorative lighting products containing lead The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 1376-b to read as follows: 3 § 1376-b. Manufacture and sale of seasonal and decorative lighting 4 products containing lead. 1. When used in this title, "seasonal and 5 decorative lighting product" shall mean portable, plug-connected, tempo- 6 rary-use lighting products and accessories that have a nominal 120-volt 7 input voltage rating. 8 (a) Lighting products within the scope of this rule are factory-assem- 9 bled with push-in, midget or miniature screw base lamp holders connected 10 in series or parallel, directly across the 120-volt input. 11 (b) Such lighting products include, but are not limited to lighted 12 decorative outfits such as wired holiday string lights, pre-lit artifi- 13 cial Christmas trees, plants, flowers or wreaths, stockings, stars, 14 candles and light sculptures. 15 2. On each seasonal and decorative lighting product manufactured, sold 16 or delivered by a manufacturer or distributed within this state that EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00250-02-0S. 3493--A 2 A. 5147--A 1 contains an electrical cord casing in which lead is used, there shall be 2 printed thereon or attached thereto a warning label. 3 3. Such warning label shall contain the following statement: "WARNING: 4 HANDLING THE COATED ELECTRICAL WIRE OF THIS PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO 5 LEAD. WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER USE." 6 4. Any person, firm, corporation or association who violates this 7 section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thou- 8 sand dollars for each such violation. 9 5. The commissioner may waive the provisions of this section in whole 10 or in part upon finding by the commissioner in a particular instance 11 that there is no significant threat to public health. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law.
