Bill Text: NY A02571 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools or playgrounds; defines "billboard".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to economic development [A02571 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02571-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2571
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Economic Development
       AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  billboards
         advertising alcoholic beverages
         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 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. NO BILLBOARD
    4  ADVERTISING ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SHALL BE ERECTED OR MAINTAINED WITHIN
    5  ONE THOUSAND FEET OF:
    6    1.  ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL; OR
    7    2. ANY PLAYGROUND ADJACENT TO OR  WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND  FEET  OF  ANY
    8  PRIVATE OR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL.
    9    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BILLBOARD" SHALL INCLUDE ANY
   10  BILLBOARD, SIGN, NOTICE, POSTER,  DISPLAY  OR  OTHER  STATIONARY  DEVICE
   11  INTENDED  TO ATTRACT OR WHICH DOES ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF OPERATORS OF
   12  MOTOR VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
   14  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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