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Assembly Bill A8268

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions

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2013-A8268 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง79-o, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2035
2017-2018: A1547
2019-2020: A2076

2013-A8268 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions.

2013-A8268 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8268

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 20, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, TITONE, McDONOUGH
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring places of
  public accommodation, resort or  amusement  that  operate  televisions
  during  regular  hours  of  operation  to provide closed captioning on
  certain televisions

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

  Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
79-o to read as follows:
  S 79-O. CLOSED CAPTIONING IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, RESORT OR
AMUSEMENT. 1. A PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, RESORT OR  AMUSEMENT,  AS
DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE
EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE CLOSED  CAPTIONING  ENABLED  ON
ALL  TELEVISIONS  THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC AREA OF SUCH ESTABLISH-
MENT DURING REGULAR HOURS OF BUSINESS. THE REGULAR HOURS OF BUSINESS  OF
THE  PLACE  OF  PUBLIC  ACCOMMODATION,  RESORT OR AMUSEMENT SHALL BE THE
HOURS OF OPERATION AS POSTED IN SUCH ESTABLISHMENT.
  2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY IF:
  (A) NO TELEVISIONS IN THE PUBLIC AREA OF THE PLACE OF PUBLIC  ACCOMMO-
DATION,  RESORT OR AMUSEMENT ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CLOSED CAPTIONING;
OR
  (B) IN THE EVENT THAT TWO TELEVISIONS IN THE PUBLIC AREA OF THE  PLACE
OF  PUBLIC  ACCOMMODATION,  RESORT  OR AMUSEMENT   HAVE THE SAME CHANNEL
BEING BROADCAST, ONLY ONE OF THE TELEVISIONS SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THIS
SECTION.
  3. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A) "CLOSED CAPTIONING" SHALL MEAN A FEATURE ON A TELEVISION THAT WHEN
ACTIVATED  WILL VISUALLY DISPLAY A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE AUDIO PORTION OF
VIDEO PROGRAMMING; AND
  (B) "PUBLIC AREA" SHALL MEAN THE SECTION OF A PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMO-
DATION, RESORT OR AMUSEMENT THAT IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
  S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.

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