RESOLUTION #73
Local Law 6 of 2019
(passed at Special Full Mtg. 03/25/2019)
APPROVAL/ LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 147 OF THE CODE OF PUTNAM
COUNTY ENTITLED “ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES” (E-CIGARETTES), SUBSECTION 147-
10 ENTITLED “SIGNAGE”
WHEREAS, the sale of any Electronic Aerosol Delivery System to individuals who
are between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) is prohibited pursuant to
Section 223-3 of the Putnam County Code, enacted pursuant to Resolution # 215 of 2018;
and
WHEREAS, Chapter 147 of the Putnam County Code, enacted pursuant to
Resolution # 294 of 2018; created a licensing requirement for, and otherwise regulates,
the retail sale of Electronic Aerosol Delivery Systems in Putnam County; and
WHEREAS, as enacted, Section 147-10 of the Putnam County Code requires
persons operating certain places of business wherein any Electronic Aerosol Delivery
System is sold or offered for sale to post a conspicuous sign giving notice of the New
York State age restriction on sales of such products; and
WHEREAS, as enacted, the sign specified in Section 147-10 of the Putnam County
Code does not account for the countywide age restriction previously enacted in Section
223-3 of the Putnam County Code; and now therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the County of Putnam as follows:
Section 1.
Section 147-10 of the Putnam County Code is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety,
as follows:
§ 147-10 Signage.
Any Person operating a place of business wherein any Electronic Aerosol
Delivery System is sold or offered for sale shall post in a conspicuous
place a sign upon which there shall be imprinted the following statement,
“SALE OF CIGARETTES, CIGARS, CHEWING TOBACCO, POWDERED
TOBACCO, SHISHA OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, HERBAL
CIGARETTES, LIQUID NICOTINE, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, ROLLING
PAPERS OR SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA, TO PERSONS UNDER TWENTYONE (21) YEARS OF AGE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.” Such sign shall be
printed on a white card in red letters at least one-half inch in height. This
Section shall not apply to any person exempted from licensing pursuant to
Section 147-3 (A) or (B) of this Article.
Section 2.
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon its filing with the NYS Secretary of
State.
Putnam County Legislature
Laws & Notices
Local Law No 6 of 2019 AMEND CHAPTER 147 OF THE CODE OF PUTNAM COUNTY ENTITLED “ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES” (E-CIGARETTES), SUBSECTION 147-10 ENTITLED “SIGNAGE
25 March 2019