Assembly Bill A8223

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to billboards advertising alcoholic beverages and provocative content to minors on state owned property

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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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2015-A8223 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4455
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §397-b, Gen Bus L

2015-A8223 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to billboards advertising alcoholic beverages and provocative content to minors on state owned property.

2015-A8223 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8223

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  advertising
  billboards on state owned property

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:
  S 397-B. BILLBOARDS ADVERTISING INAPPROPRIATE  CONTENT  TO  MINORS  ON
STATE  OWNED PROPERTY. 1. NO BILLBOARD ADVERTISING THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE
FOR MINORS SHALL BE ERECTED OR MAINTAINED ON THE PROPERTY  OF  OR  UNDER
THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE.
  2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  A.  "BILLBOARD"  SHALL  INCLUDE  ANY  BILLBOARD, SIGN, NOTICE, POSTER,
DISPLAY OR OTHER STATIONARY DEVICE INTENDED TO  ATTRACT  OR  WHICH  DOES
ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS.
  B.  "INAPPROPRIATE  FOR  MINORS"  SHALL MEAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUALLY
PROVOCATIVE, SALACIOUS, OR SUGGESTIVE BEHAVIOR, ADULT MATERIAL,  NUDITY,
OR PARTIAL NUDITY.
  S  2.  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.
                                                           LBD10098-04-5

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