Bill Text: NY S02136 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits farm operations to place advertising and directional signs near state highways.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02136 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02136-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2136 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, LARKIN, LITTLE, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to permitting farm oper- ations to place advertising and directional signs near state highways THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 88 of the highway law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 13 to read as follows: 3 13. EXCEPTIONS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FARM 4 OPERATIONS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED 5 ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, INCLUDING FARM WOODLANDS, AS 6 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRI- 7 CULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, ADJACENT TO NON-CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYS AS 8 DESIGNATED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER. SIGNS, 9 DISPLAYS, AND DEVICES MAY NOT ADVERTISE ACTIVITIES WHICH DO NOT CONTRIB- 10 UTE TO THE FARM OPERATION OR FARM WOODLAND. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03556-01-1