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Senate Bill S4612

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain cities to restrict the location of certain retail businesses selling "adult materials"

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2009-S4612 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง20, Gen City L

2009-S4612 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes cities having a population of one million or more to prohibit the retail sale or rental of "adult materials" within 500 feet of a church, school or residential area; delineates those items which qualify as adult materials.

2009-S4612 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4612 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4612

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ONORATO, HASSELL-THOMPSON, C. JOHNSON, PARKER, SAMP-
  SON,  THOMPSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
  be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing certain
  cities to restrict the location of retail "adult materials" businesses

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

  Section  1.  Section 20 of the general city law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 39 to read as follows:
  39. IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, TO  PROHIBIT
WITHIN  FIVE  HUNDRED  FEET OF A CHURCH, SCHOOL OR RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE
RETAIL SALE OR LEASE OF ANY PICTORIAL, VIDEO, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OR OTHER
VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF A PERSON OR A PORTION OF THE  HUMAN  BODY  THAT
PREDOMINANTLY APPEALS TO THE PRURIENT INTEREST IN SEX AND THAT:
  A. DEPICTS NUDITY, OR ACTUAL OR SIMULATED SEXUAL CONDUCT OR SADO-MASO-
CHISTIC ABUSE; OR
  B.  DEPICTS OR APPEARS TO DEPICT NUDITY, OR ACTUAL OR SIMULATED SEXUAL
CONDUCT OR SADO-MASOCHISTIC ABUSE, WITH THE AREA OF THE MALE  OR  FEMALE
SUBJECT'S  UNCLOTHED  OR  APPARENTLY  UNCLOTHED  GENITALS, PUBIC AREA OR
BUTTOCKS, OR OF THE FEMALE SUBJECT'S UNCLOTHED OR  APPARENTLY  UNCLOTHED
BREAST.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03700-01-9

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