S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 4080                                                  A. 6423
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2011
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Agriculture
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
         ing food retailers to provide scales for customer use
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 190 of the agriculture and markets
    2  law,  as added by chapter 874 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    5. Wherever food or food products are packaged or wrapped for sale  by
    5  a  retailer in advance of being sold, or offered or exposed for sale, an
    6  accurate computing scale of sufficient  capacity  shall  be  maintained.
    7  Such  scale  shall  be  [located not more than thirty feet from the pre-
    8  packaged display and shall be so] placed as to be easily  accessible  to
    9  customers[. A] AND A prominent and conspicuous sign reading "for custom-
   10  er use" shall be displayed on or near such scale.
   11    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   12  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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