Bill Text: NY S04696 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting the distribution and sale of certain lasers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04696 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04696-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4696
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 24, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to restricting  the  sale  of
          certain lasers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.78  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.78 Sale of a laser.
     4    1. It shall be unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale a laser,
     5  as  defined  by  paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section 240.76 of
     6  this article, which exceeds one milliwatt in output power.
     7    2. This section shall not apply to lasers designed to be affixed to  a
     8  firearm  or  to  lasers  used  by  or  under the supervision of a person
     9  licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law.
    10    Sale of a laser is a class A misdemeanor.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth 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.
                                                                   LBD02181-01-7