Bill Text: NY S00699 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the rebuttable presumption relating to identifying information on an unsolicited advertisement in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that such presumption shall apply if the advertising materials are placed at any one premise.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S00699 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  rebuttable
         presumption  relating  to  identifying  information  on an unsolicited
         advertisement in cities with a population of one million or more
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 397-a of the general business law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  3  of  the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
    5  telephone number, or other identifying information appears on any  unso-
    6  licited  advertising  materials  described  in  subdivision  one of this
    7  section [and placed at two or more premises] shall  be  liable  for  any
    8  violations of this section.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00442-01-5
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