Int 0889-2015
Banning the sale of green lasers in NYC.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2015-09-17
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2015-09-17Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would ban the sale or possession with the intent to sell green laser pointers.
Committee on Public Safety — Police Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
How it compares
22% of similar bills passed
11 passed · 39 died
This bill: 835 days in committee
Similar bills: median 587 days · 82 days when passed
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Sponsors (5)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-09-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-09-17 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2015-09-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (2)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 10-134.2 of Title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
h. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or to possess with intent to sell or offer for sale, laser pointers that emit a green laser. Transportation of green laser pointers through the city or the storage of green laser pointers in a warehouse or distribution center in the city that is closed to the public for purposes of retail sales outside the city does not violate this subdivision.
� 2. Subdivision h of Section 10-134.2 of Title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is re-lettered as subdivision i and as re-lettered is amended to read as follows::
[h.] i. Any person who violates subdivision b, c, [or] e or h of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who violates subdivision d of this section shall be guilty of a violation for a first offense and a misdemeanor for all subsequent offenses.
� 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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