Bill Text: NY S05796 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S05796 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05796-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5796
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 1, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  requiring  that  all
          printed  political  campaign  mailing  pieces,  containing  or made of
          recyclable material, include a message  about  recycling  the  printed
          materials
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-111
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3-111.  Recycling  of campaign and political literature.  All poli-
     4  tical literature in New  York  state,  whether  hand-billed  or  mailed,
     5  containing or made of recyclable material, shall have affixed to it, the
     6  recycling logo signified by three chasing arrows in a triangular config-
     7  uration,  and  the following printed message: "This material is recycla-
     8  ble.  Please properly recycle after use."
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00552-01-7