N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-FF – Enforcement
§ 1399-ff. Enforcement. 1. Where a civil penalty for a particular incident has not been imposed or an enforcement action regarding an alleged violation for a particular incident is not pending under section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-ee of this article, a parent or guardian of a person under twenty-one years of age to whom tobacco products, herbal cigarettes or electronic cigarettes are sold or distributed in violation of this article may submit a complaint to an enforcement officer setting forth the name and address of the alleged violator, the date of the alleged violation, the name and address of the complainant and the person under twenty-one years of age, and a brief statement describing the alleged violation. The enforcement officer shall notify the alleged violator by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, that a complaint has been submitted, and shall set a date, at least fifteen days after the mailing of such notice, for a hearing on the complaint. Such notice shall contain the information submitted by the complainant.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-FF
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Enforcement officer: means the enforcement officer designated pursuant to article thirteen-E of this chapter to enforce such article and hold hearings pursuant thereto; provided that in a city with a population of more than one million it shall also mean an officer or employee or any agency of such city that is authorized to enforce any local law of such city related to the regulation of the sale of tobacco products to minors. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-AA
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: means a person, firm, company, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited partnership or association. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-AA
- Tobacco products: means one or more cigarettes or cigars, bidis, chewing tobacco, powdered tobacco, nicotine water or any other tobacco products. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-AA
2. With respect to any penalty imposed with respect to a complaint under this section, an enforcement officer other than the department shall use fifty percent of such penalty collected for educational efforts administered by the board or a local school district for the purposes of preventing adolescent tobacco use.
3. The enforcement officer shall promptly notify the commissioner of taxation and finance and the director of the division of the lottery of any determination, made after a hearing, that a violation of this article has occurred together with a direction to such commissioner and director with respect to any action to be taken concerning registration under § 480-a of the tax law and licensing under § 1607 of the tax law.