Section 399-QQ. Sale or promotional distribution of utility knives, box cutters, or box cart cutters

1. No person, firm, or  corporation  shall
  sell  or  offer  to  sell  or  give away as either a retail or wholesale
  promotion a utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to any  person
  under eighteen years of age.
    2.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term "utility knife", "box
  cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade,
  retractable or  non-retractable,  attached  to  or  contained  within  a
  plastic or metal housing.
    3.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not preclude the temporary
  transfer of a utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to a  person
  under  eighteen years of age by such person's employer where such device
  is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during the  course
  and scope of such person's employment.
    4.  No  provision  of  this  section  shall  be deemed to restrict the
  authority of any county, city, town or  village  to  enact  and  enforce
  additional  local  laws,  ordinances  or  codes,  or  portions  thereof,
  provided the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions
  of this section.
    5. Any person, firm, or corporation who  violates  the  provisions  of
  this  section  shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five
  hundred dollars.