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Assembly Bill A5500

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires commercial entities that own wireless communication towers and municipalities that own water towers to post a sign on such towers publicizing the toll-free hotline phone number

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2013-A5500 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง399-ccc, Gen Bus L

2013-A5500 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires commercial entities that own wireless communication towers and municipalities that own water towers to post a sign on such towers publicizing the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline phone number.

2013-A5500 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5500

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  commercial entities that own wireless communication towers and munici-
  palities that own water towers to post a sign on such towers publiciz-
  ing the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline phone number

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "Tista For Life Law".
  S  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
ccc to read as follows:
  S 399-CCC. POSTING OF THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE HOTLINE
PHONE NUMBER BY COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT OWN WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS, WATER TOWERS AND POLES. ANY COMMERCIAL  ENTITY
THAT  OWNS  A  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER OR POLE OR MUNICIPALITY
THAT OWNS A WATER TOWER SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY POST A SIGN ON EACH TOWER OR
POLE THAT SHALL STATE "IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS-CALL US NOW!  1-800-273-8255
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE WWW.SUICIDEPREVENTIONLIFELINE.ORG".
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06419-03-3

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