Assembly Bill A6423

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires food retailers to provide scales for customer use

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4080 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6423 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4080
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §190, Ag & Mkts L

2011-A6423 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires food retailers to provide scales for customer use in an accessible location and with a conspicuous sign reading "for customer use".

2011-A6423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    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
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 190 of the agriculture and markets
law,  as added by chapter 874 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
follows:
  5. Wherever food or food products are packaged or wrapped for sale  by
a  retailer in advance of being sold, or offered or exposed for sale, an
accurate computing scale of sufficient  capacity  shall  be  maintained.
Such  scale  shall  be  [located not more than thirty feet from the pre-
packaged display and shall be so] placed as to be easily  accessible  to
customers[. A] AND A prominent and conspicuous sign reading "for custom-
er use" shall be displayed on or near such scale.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10201-01-1

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