Section 239-C. Approval by the secretary of state  


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  • After April first,
      nineteen hundred  eighty-two,  no  portable  kerosene  heater  shall  be
      offered for sale in this state for use in a structure unless it has been
      approved  by  the  secretary  of  state  or his designee. In determining
      whether to approve a portable kerosene heater for sale, the secretary of
      state shall consider whether the heater  meets  (1)  the  standards  set
      forth  in subdivision seven of section two hundred thirty-nine-a of this
      article, and (2) any additional standards which the secretary  of  state
      reasonably  believes  are  required  to  effectuate the purposes of this
      article as set forth in section two hundred thirty-nine of this article.
      The secretary of state may promulgate reasonable rules  and  regulations
      setting  forth  the procedure by which portable kerosene heaters will be
      reviewed for approval.