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Assembly Bill A288

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the rebuttable presumption relating to identifying information on an unsolicited advertisement in N.Y. city

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2015-A288 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S699
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง397-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7195
2013-2014: A9136, S458
2017-2018: A1431, S1663
2019-2020: A3769, S3619
2021-2022: S4213

2015-A288 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the rebuttable presumption relating to identifying information on an unsolicited advertisement in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that such presumption shall apply if the advertising materials are placed at any one premise.

2015-A288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   288

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  rebuttable
  presumption  relating  to  identifying  information  on an unsolicited
  advertisement in cities with a population 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. Subdivision 3 of section 397-a of the general business law,
as  amended  by  chapter  3  of  the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
telephone number, or other identifying information appears on any  unso-
licited  advertising  materials  described  in  subdivision  one of this
section [and placed at two or more premises] shall  be  liable  for  any
violations of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00442-01-5

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