Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A7862

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the rebuttable presumption regarding distributing unsolicited advertising on private property in N.Y. city

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2009-A7862 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10273
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง397-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A200
2013-2014: A2344
2015-2016: A246
2017-2018: A1336
2019-2020: A3787

2009-A7862 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the rebuttable presumption regarding distributing unsolicited advertising on private property in cities with a population of one million or more.

2009-A7862 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 4973                                                  A. 7862

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Consumer
  Protection

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, LANCMAN -- read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to distributing
  unsolicited advertising on private property in  cities  with  a  popu-
  lation of one million or more

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 397-a of the general business law,
as amended by chapter 3 of the laws of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
telephone  number, or other identifying information appears on any unso-
licited advertising materials  described  in  subdivision  one  of  this
section  [and  placed  at  two or more premises] shall be liable for any
violations of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11503-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.