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Assembly Bill A6454

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the public display of pornographic magazines or materials by street vendors in N.Y. city

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2009-A6454 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง410.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4271
2013-2014: A5891
2015-2016: A8509
2017-2018: A4071
2019-2020: A6889

2009-A6454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the public display of pornographic magazines or materials by street vendors in cities of one million or more; imposes a $100 fine for a first offense, a $250 fine for a second offense, and suspension of the vendor's license for a third or subsequent offense.

2009-A6454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6454

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, P. RIVERA, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the display of
  pornographic magazines or materials by street vendors in cities 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. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 410.05  to
read as follows:
S 410.05 PUBLIC DISPLAY OF PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES OR MATERIALS BY STREET
           VENDORS.
   1.  IT  SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR STREET VENDORS IN CITIES OF ONE MILLION
OR MORE TO DISPLAY PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES OR MATERIALS.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION ONLY, PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES OR MATE-
RIALS, ARE DEFINED AS MAGAZINES OR  MATERIALS  SHOWING  ACTS  OF  SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE  OR  ACTS  OF  SEXUAL  PERVERSION. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED AS APPLYING TO BONA FIDE MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHS OR MATERIALS.
   3. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION
SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, A SECOND VIOLATION
BY  A  FINE  OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS, AND FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT
VIOLATION BY SUSPENSION OF SUCH VENDOR'S LICENSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09919-01-9

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