Assembly Bill A9160

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the consumer protection division to post on the division website information on the related risks associated with unsecured furniture, televisions, and appliances

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6399 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9160 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6399
Law Section:
Consumer
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap of 2015 (as proposed in S.4543 and A.7018)

2015-A9160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the consumer protection division to post on the division website information on the related risks associated with unsecured furniture, televisions, and appliances.

2015-A9160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9160

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend a chapter of the laws of 2015, requiring the consumer
  protection division to develop an unsecured furniture, television, and
  appliance public awareness campaign, as proposed in legislative  bills
  numbers  S.  4543 and A. 7018, requiring the consumer protection divi-
  sion to post on the division website information on the related  risks
  associated with unsecured furniture, televisions and appliances

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2015,  requiring  the
consumer  protection  division  to develop an unsecured furniture, tele-
vision, and appliance public awareness campaign, as proposed in legisla-
tive bills numbers S. 4543 and A. 7018, is amended to read as follows:
  Section 1. The consumer protection division shall  develop,  establish
and  implement  a public [awareness campaign] OUTREACH PROGRAM regarding
the dangers of unsecured furniture, televisions, and  other  appliances.
The [campaign] PROGRAM shall include information on the dangers of unse-
cured furniture, televisions and appliances including potential injuries
and fatalities and prevention methods.  Such public [awareness campaign]
OUTREACH  PROGRAM  SHALL INCLUDE BROCHURES, CONSUMER GUIDES, POSTERS, OR
ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, AND shall be made available to  the  public  by
any means deemed appropriate by the division [including, but not limited
to,]  AND  MAY  INCLUDE  internet, radio, and print advertising [such as
billboards and posters]. The [campaign] PROGRAM may  also  identify  and
recruit  individuals  to serve as visible, public ambassadors to promote
this message. The [campaign] DIVISION shall include [an], ON ITS  inter-
net  website, [providing] information on the risks associated with unse-
cured furniture, televisions, and appliances and the resources available
to prevent related injuries and fatalities. [The campaign]  THE  PROGRAM
shall  begin  no later than [January] APRIL 1, 2016.  The division shall
[prepare an] INCLUDE IN ITS annual report to the governor and the legis-
lature [on or before December first of each year on the public awareness
campaign, including: (i)] INFORMATION RELATED TO actions  taken  by  the

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

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