Bill Text: NY A09153 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to implementing a moratorium on the installation of new digital billboards and directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards on motor vehicle accidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - referred to transportation [A09153 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09153-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9153

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to implementing a
          moratorium on digital billboards and  directing  the  commissioner  of
          transportation  to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards
          on motor vehicle accidents

          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 section
     2  397-b to read as follows:
     3    §  397-b.  Digital billboards. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law
     4  to the contrary, no person shall install a digital billboard  after  the
     5  effective  date of this section, unless such billboard complies with the
     6  rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of  transportation
     7  pursuant  to  subdivision  two of this section. As used in this section,
     8  the term "digital billboard" shall mean a  one  or  multi-sided  outdoor
     9  advertising sign that displays digital images using light-emitting diode
    10  technology or any such similar technology.
    11    2.  The  commissioner  of  transportation shall conduct a study on the
    12  impact of digital billboards on the  frequency  and  severity  of  motor
    13  vehicle  accidents,  including  but  not  limited to, such motor vehicle
    14  accidents that result in severe bodily injury or death in  proximity  to
    15  such  digital  billboards. Within one year of the effective date of this
    16  act, the commissioner of transportation shall:
    17    (a) submit a report of his or her findings, conclusions and  recommen-
    18  dations  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the
    19  speaker of the assembly; and
    20    (b) promulgate rules and regulations regarding  the  installation  and
    21  use of digital billboards based upon the findings of such study.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14153-01-9