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Assembly Bill A10888

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the manufacturing of portable electronic devices

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2019-A10888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8797
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 40 §900, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6287, S5970
2023-2024: A2810, S4943
2025-2026: A8111, S3341

2019-A10888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the manufacturing of portable electronic devices; no device shall be manufactured for sale in the state if such device is not equipped with an ATSC 3.0 chip.

2019-A10888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10888
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Vanel) --
   read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
   Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufactur-
   ing of portable electronic devices
 
   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 article
 40 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 40
                        PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
 SECTION 900. MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS.
   § 900.  MANUFACTURING  REQUIREMENTS.  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "PORTABLE  ELECTRONIC  DEVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY HAND-HELD MOBILE
 TELEPHONE, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-FIVE-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC  LAW,  PERSONAL  DIGITAL  ASSISTANT
 (PDA), OR HANDHELD DEVICE WITH MOBILE DATA ACCESS.
   2. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, NO MANUFACTUR-
 ER  SHALL  PROVIDE FOR SALE IN THIS STATE ANY PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
 NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN ATSC 3.0 CHIP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16966-01-0

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