S1556-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
• Jan 10, 2011: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

S1556-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1556

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general business law, in relation to
marijuana themed candy

PURPOSE:    To provide that no candy or confection shall be sold in this
state which resembles marijuana or marijuana products  or  imitates  the
flavor of marijuana.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:  Adds a new section 399-j to the General Business
Law  to  prohibit  the  manufacturing and/or sale of candy or confection
which is packaged or shaped to resemble marijuana or marijuana  products
or to imitate the flavor of marijuana.

JUSTIFICATION:    Pot  themed  candy irresponsibly promotes illegal drug
culture to children. This legislation would prohibit  the  manufacturing
purchase  and  sale  of  marijuana-flavored  candy  in the state, with a
penalty of up to a S1,000 fine and/or up to a year in jail.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011-12 S.3145; 2009-10  S.1682;  2007-08,  S.816;
2005-06, S.4100.

EFFECTIVE  DATE:    This  act shall take effect on the first of November
next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

S1556-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1556
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 10, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, HASSELL-THOMPSON, MONTGOMERY -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Elections
 

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "early
 voting act"
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "early voting act".
 

S  2. Article 8 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 6
 to read as follows:

 TITLE VI
 EARLY VOTING
 SECTION 8-600. EARLY VOTING PROCEDURES.
 8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS  AND  DUTIES  FOR  EARLY
 VOTING.
 

S 8-600. EARLY  VOTING PROCEDURES. 1. NO SOONER THAN FOURTEEN BUSINESS
 DAYS AND UP TO AND INCLUDING THE DAY PRIOR TO ANY  GENERAL,  PRIMARY  OR
 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ANY PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE, PERSONS DULY REGISTERED
 TO  VOTE  FOR  CANDIDATES FOR SUCH OFFICE MAY VOTE BY PAPER BALLOT FOR A
 CANDIDATE FOR SUCH OFFICE, AND SUCH EARLY  VOTING  PRACTICE  SHALL  TAKE
 PLACE  AT  SUCH  PERSON'S  COUNTY  BOARD OF ELECTIONS, OR AN ALTERNATIVE
 LOCATION OR LOCATIONS AS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED BY AND  THROUGH  A  COUNTY
 BOARD  OF ELECTIONS UNDER THE POWERS GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ON
 OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
 2. SUCH VOTING PROCEDURE SHALL BE MONITORED AND  ADMINISTERED  BY  TWO
 DULY  DESIGNATED  PERSONS, ONE FROM EACH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, AND SUCH
 VOTING SHALL FOLLOW AND CONFORM TO ALL OTHER  PROCEDURES,  MEASURES  AND
 REQUIREMENTS  OF CASTING A VOTE BY A VOTING MACHINE AS PRESCRIBED PURSU
 ANT TO THIS CHAPTER. ALL VOTES CAST WITHIN THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL
 BE COUNTED WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE POLLS CLOSING ON ELECTION DAY
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01241-01-1
 
       S. 1556                             2
 AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS PRESCRIBED IN ARTICLE NINE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.
 THE  RESULTS  OR  TABULATION OF VOTES CAST DURING AN EARLY VOTING PERIOD
 SHALL NOT BE MADE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF ALL POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY
 AND RESULTS SHALL BE REPORTED BY PRECINCT.  BALLOTS USED IN EARLY VOTING
 SHALL  BE,  AS  NEARLY  AS  PRACTICABLE,  THE SAME FORM AS THOSE USED ON
 ELECTION DAY.  BALLOTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE  AND  ACCESSIBLE  TO  ANY
 PERSON  WITH  DISABILITIES WHO WANT TO EXERCISE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE
 EARLY.
 

S 8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES FOR EARLY VOTING.
 ANY  RULE  OR  REGULATION  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  TITLE  SHALL  BE PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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