Bill Text: NY A03424 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting the advertisement of prescription drugs by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A03424 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03424-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3424

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. KIM, COLTON, GALEF, FRIEND, McDONOUGH, WILLIAMS,
          J. M. GIGLIO,  DICKENS,  JEAN-PIERRE,  HEVESI,  ABINANTI,   J. RIVERA,
          VANEL,  JOYNER, DAVILA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON, THIELE
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authori-
          ties and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
          the advertisement of prescription drugs by the Metropolitan  Transpor-
          tation Authority

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1266-l to read as follows:
     3    § 1266-l. Prohibiting advertisements promoting prescription drugs. The
     4  authority  shall  prohibit  all  advertisements  that promote the use of
     5  prescription drugs, as  defined  in  subdivision  nine  of  section  two
     6  hundred  seventy  of the public health law, from appearing on any of its
     7  facilities, equipment, railroad facilities, marine and aviation  facili-
     8  ties,  omnibus  facilities,  real property, transportation facilities or
     9  transit facilities. This section shall apply to any leases or  contracts
    10  for advertisement entered into, renewed, modified or amended on or after
    11  this section shall have become a law.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05985-01-1