Bill Text: NY A01019 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcohol or tobacco products within a one mile radius of schools or daycare centers; defines the term "billboard".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in economic development [A01019 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01019-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1019
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, WEISENBERG, J. RIVERA, CLARK, MAYERSOHN --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. CAHILL, CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, LIFTON,
         MILLMAN, ROBINSON,  SCARBOROUGH,  SWEENEY,  TOWNS  --  read  once  and
         referred  to  the  Committee  on  Economic  Development, Job Creation,
         Commerce and Industry
       AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  billboards
         advertising alcohol or tobacco products
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   The general business law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 397-b to read as follows:
    3    S 397-B.  BILLBOARDS ADVERTISING ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS. NO BILL-
    4  BOARD  ADVERTISING  ANY  ALCOHOL  OR TOBACCO PRODUCT SHALL BE ERECTED OR
    5  MAINTAINED WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF (1) ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMEN-
    6  TARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL, OR (2) ANY DAYCARE CENTER.   FOR  PURPOSES  OF
    7  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM "BILLBOARD" SHALL INCLUDE ANY BILLBOARD, SIGN,
    8  NOTICE, POSTER, DISPLAY OR OTHER STATIONARY DEVICE INTENDED  TO  ATTRACT
    9  OR  WHICH  DOES  ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR
   10  PEDESTRIANS.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03944-01-1