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Senate Bill S2713

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools and playgrounds

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2017-S2713 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6978
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2958, A5635
2011-2012: S3637, A3659
2013-2014: S2727, S6269, A3646
2015-2016: S2869, A5901
2019-2020: S4999, A1861
2021-2022: S5464, A2523
2023-2024: S7143
2025-2026: S6142

2017-S2713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools and playgrounds; defines billboards.

2017-S2713 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2713
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
   Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general business law, in relation to billboards
   advertising alcoholic beverages
 
   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:
   § 397-B.   BILLBOARDS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES.  NO  BILLBOARD
 ADVERTISING ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SHALL BE ERECTED OR MAINTAINED WITHIN
 ONE  THOUSAND  FEET OF (1) ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
 SCHOOL OR (2) ANY PLAYGROUND ADJACENT TO OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET  OF
 ANY  PRIVATE  OR  PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE TERM "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.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect one year after the date on which it
 shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00252-01-7

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