Assembly Bill A9448

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the NYS consumer protection board to establish a bike theft prevention awareness and education program

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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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2009-A9448 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6871
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §553, Exec L; add §391-cc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A67

2009-A9448 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the NYS Consumer Protection Board to establish a bike theft prevention awareness and education program; provides that the director shall produce & distribute educational materials and must be made available to law enforcement authorities; provides that the board shall issue report by next April 1 and shall periodically review available data on bike theft and municipal efforts to reduce such.

2009-A9448 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9448

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law and the general business law, in
  relation to the  bicycle  theft  prevention  awareness  and  education
  program

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  553  of  the  executive  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph l to read as follows:
  1.  ESTABLISH  A  BICYCLE  THEFT  PREVENTION  AWARENESS  AND EDUCATION
PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE-CC OF  THE  GENERAL
BUSINESS LAW.
  S  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 391-
cc to read as follows:
  S 391-CC. BICYCLE THEFT PREVENTION AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION BOARD, ON BEHALF
OF THE STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION BOARD, HEREAFTER REFERRED  TO  IN  THIS
SECTION  AS  THE  "BOARD," AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE
POLICE AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT  AND
NEW  YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, SHALL DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT,
AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM TO INFORM
THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF SYSTEMS AND METHODS DESIGNED  TO  PREVENT  BICYCLE
THEFT,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, PROPER METHODS FOR PARKING AND
LOCKING BICYCLES, THE BENEFITS OF BICYCLE REGISTRATION, AND  THE  PROPER
PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING BICYCLE THEFT.
  2.  THE  EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR  SHALL PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS RELATED TO BICYCLE  THEFT  PREVENTION.  SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL
INCLUDE REFERENCE TO BICYCLE REGISTRATION PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY MUNI-
CIPALITIES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE ENTITIES. SUCH MATERIALS  SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE,  UPON  REQUEST, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, EDUCATION INSTI-
TUTIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND MUNICIPALITIES.  THE  EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR
SHALL  ALSO  POST OR CAUSE TO BE POSTED THE CONTENTS OF SUCH EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS ON THE BOARD'S INTERNET WEBSITE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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