N.Y. General Business Law § 480: Legislative findings

§ 480. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the use

of lasers and radioactive materials, the operation of cranes, the

detonation of explosives, and the preparation and firing of pyrotechnics

involve such elements of potential danger to the lives, health and

safety of the citizens of this state and to their property that special

regulations are necessary to insure that only persons of proper ability

and experience shall engage in such uses and operations.

The legislature hereby declares that this article shall be deemed an

exercise of the police power of this state for the protection of the

lives, health and safety of citizens in this state and of their

property.