The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1399-dd-1 to read as follows:
Section 1399-dd-1. Registration of vendors of electronic cigarettes. Any person selling or offering for sale electronic cigarettes that is not otherwise registered with the department of taxation and finance to sell tobacco products as required by article twenty of the tax law and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall register with the department. The commissioner shall adopt regulations for the establishment of a registry and to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect the first day of the month commencing after the one hundred eightieth day after this act shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.