Senator Charles Fuschillo, R-Massapequa, apparently wants to kill the dreams of girls under the age of 18 that want to emulate Jersey Shore star Snooki.
Fuschillo has introduced a bill (SB 2917) that would ban people under the age of 18 from using a tanning facility.
What's amusing about this is that Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, D-Long Beach, has introduced a companion bit of legislation (AB 1074), as he has previously done. It is ironic that Weisenberg would be responsible for the Assembly's version because he looks like he has spent half his life tanning or at the very least has stood next to Speaker of the House John Boehner for an extended period of time.
The proposal has moved from the health committee to the codes committee in the Assembly, with the bill in the Senate getting a referral to its health committee on Thursday.
Currently, people over the age of 14 are allowed to live the orange dream. Luckily, though, they still have a defender in Republican Senator Stephen Saland, who previously opposed this bill on the basis that it would intrude on traditional parental duties.
This proposal has never gained much traction in the past and it is unlikely now that the Legislature will be able to overcome the strength of Big Tanning.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
The Fun in Unfunded Mandates
In the wake of a bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, earlier today, a related bill has been introduced that seems to be its partner in crime.
Senate Bill 2707 has been introduced by Stephen Saland, and it would essentially require the state to pick up the tab for any mandates on local municipalities and school districts. (GOD I NEED BILL MEMOS! This stuff is indecipherable without them!)
The intent of the bill is to prevent "irresponsible state actions" that take away the control from local municipalities.
The bill would basically prevent any unfunded mandates that create an additional cost for a municipality or school district.
It is likely that this bill will be passed on Monday, as it seems to go hand in hand with SB 2706. There are currently no companion bills in the Assembly for either bills, and it is doubtful that Speaker Sheldon Silver would ever let these bills pass, let alone come up for a vote in his chamber.
It should make for great theater though...
Senate Bill 2707 has been introduced by Stephen Saland, and it would essentially require the state to pick up the tab for any mandates on local municipalities and school districts. (GOD I NEED BILL MEMOS! This stuff is indecipherable without them!)
The intent of the bill is to prevent "irresponsible state actions" that take away the control from local municipalities.
The bill would basically prevent any unfunded mandates that create an additional cost for a municipality or school district.
It is likely that this bill will be passed on Monday, as it seems to go hand in hand with SB 2706. There are currently no companion bills in the Assembly for either bills, and it is doubtful that Speaker Sheldon Silver would ever let these bills pass, let alone come up for a vote in his chamber.
It should make for great theater though...
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