Assembly Bill A4227

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires digital billboards to display each image for at least 60 consecutive seconds

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  • 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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2017-A4227 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1987
2013-2014: A632
2015-2016: A780
2019-2020: A1563
2021-2022: A3592
2023-2024: A951

2017-A4227 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires digital billboards to display each image for at least 60 consecutive seconds.

2017-A4227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4227
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  digital  bill-
   boards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 397-b to read as follows:
   § 397-B. DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. NO BILLBOARD PROJECTING A  DIGITAL  IMAGE
 SHALL  DISPLAY  ANY  SINGLE  IMAGE,  DISPLAY, PICTURE, FRAME, MESSAGE OR
 DESIGN FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN SIXTY CONSECUTIVE SECONDS FOR EACH SUCH
 IMAGE, DISPLAY, PICTURE, FRAME, MESSAGE OR DESIGN. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM "BILLBOARD" SHALL INCLUDE ANY BILLBOARD, SIGN,
 NOTICE, POSTER, DISPLAY OR OTHER STATIONARY DEVICE INTENDED  TO  ATTRACT
 OR WHICH DOES ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04991-01-7



              

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