New York A 6500: Enacts the "New York state family tuition investment program act" to provide for the advance purchase of tuition to colleges in the state

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A06500 Summary:

BILL NOA06500 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 37 Title 12 §§37-1201 - 37-1211, En Con L

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Imposes restrictions on lead-containing products and provides for a private right of action for violations.

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BILL NOA06500 

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03/05/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6500

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 restrictions on lead-containing products

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Article 37 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 12 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 12
 4 LEAD-CONTAINING PRODUCTS
 5 Section 37-1201. Definitions.
 6 37-1203. Applicability.
 7 37-1205. Presence of lead in consumer products prohibited.
 8 37-1207. Exempt products.
 9 37-1209. Private right of action.
 10 37-1211. Construction.
 11 § 37-1201. Definitions.
 12 As used in this title the following terms shall have the following
 13 meanings:
 14 1. "Consumer product" shall mean any tangible good sold or manufac-
 15 tured in the state which is movable at the time it is conveyed by the
 16 seller to another party. Consumer products shall include components of
 17 products.
 18 2. "Children's product" means a consumer product that is made for,
 19 marketed for use by, or marketed to, children and includes consumer
 20 products that meet any of the following conditions:
 21 (a) Represented in its packaging, display, or advertising, as appro-
 22 priate for use by children.
 23 (b) Sized for children and not intended for use by adults.
 24 (c) Sold in any of the following:
 25 (i) A vending machine.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10143-01-5

 A. 6500 2

 1 (ii) Retail store, catalogue, or online web site, in which a person
 2 exclusively offers for sale products that are packaged, displayed, or
 3 advertised as appropriate for use by children.
 4 (iii) A discrete portion of a retail store, catalogue, or online web
 5 site, in which a person offers for sale products that are packaged,
 6 displayed, or advertised as appropriate for use by children.
 7 3. "Purchaser" shall mean a person who purchased a product sold as new
 8 directly from a manufacturer, retailer, or a person selling on behalf of
 9 a retailer or manufacturer.
 10 4. "Retailer" shall mean a person or entity who, in the normal course
 11 of business, offers for sale to consumers new consumer products.
 12 § 37-1203. Applicability.
 13 1. The provisions of this title shall apply to consumer products
 14 produced after the effective date of this title.
 15 2. The provisions of this title shall not apply to consumer products
 16 sold or distributed for free at secondhand stores, yard sales, on the
 17 internet or donated to charities.
 18 3. The requirements of this title shall not apply to children's prod-
 19 uct manufacturers that employ five persons or fewer and are independent-
 20 ly owned and operated.
 21 4. The requirements of this title shall not apply to lead generated
 22 solely as combustion by-products or that are present in combustible
 23 fuels.
 24 5. A retailer is exempt from the requirements of this title unless
 25 such retailer sells a product which they know contains lead in violation
 26 of section 37-1205 of this title.
 27 § 37-1205. Presence of lead in consumer products prohibited.
 28 No person or entity shall manufacture, sell, or offer for sale, any
 29 consumer product that contains a total lead content that is more than
 30 ninety milligrams per kilogram unless such item bears a conspicuous
 31 warning statement that indicates that the product contains lead.
 32 § 37-1207. Exempt pro