| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2020 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S7590
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
2019-S7590 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S7590 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7590
SPONSOR: BAILEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards
or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near residen-
tial property
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To prohibiting residential and commercial properties from operating
digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving
lights near residential property.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:
2019-S7590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7590
I N S E N A T E
January 29, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 prohibiting
residential and commercial properties from operating digital bill-
boards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near
residential 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:
§ 397-B. DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. 1. ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPER-
TY WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SHALL BE PROHIB-
ITED FROM OPERATING A DIGITAL BILLBOARD OR OTHER TYPE OF BILLBOARD OR
SIGN THAT USES FLASHING, INTERMITTENT OR MOVING LIGHTS.
2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DIGITAL BILLBOARD" SHALL MEAN A
ONE OR MULTI-SIDED OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN THAT DISPLAYS DIGITAL IMAGES
USING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY OR ANY SUCH SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
3. A CITY, VILLAGE, OR TOWN MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, EXPRESSLY RESTRICT OR
PROHIBIT THE USE OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNAGE WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED
FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
4. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, AND FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14519-03-0
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