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Assembly Bill A1340A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials

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2021-A1340 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6689
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-111, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5999
2015-2016: A6147, A8578
2017-2018: A1659
2019-2020: A1866
2023-2024: A252, S7210

2021-A1340 - Summary

Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.

2021-A1340 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1340
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, STECK, PEOPLES-STOKES, LUPARDO
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  requiring  that  all
   printed  political  campaign  mailing  pieces,  containing  or made of
   recyclable material, include a message  about  recycling  the  printed
   materials
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-111
 to read as follows:
   §  3-111.  RECYCLING  OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL LITERATURE.  ALL POLI-
 TICAL LITERATURE IN NEW  YORK  STATE,  WHETHER  HAND-BILLED  OR  MAILED,
 CONTAINING OR MADE OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL, SHALL HAVE AFFIXED TO IT, THE
 RECYCLING LOGO SIGNIFIED BY THREE CHASING ARROWS IN A TRIANGULAR CONFIG-
 URATION,  AND  THE FOLLOWING PRINTED MESSAGE: "THIS MATERIAL IS RECYCLA-
 BLE.  PLEASE PROPERLY RECYCLE AFTER USE."
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00105-01-1

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2021-A1340A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6689
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-111, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5999
2015-2016: A6147, A8578
2017-2018: A1659
2019-2020: A1866
2023-2024: A252, S7210

2021-A1340A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.

2021-A1340A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1340--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, STECK, PEOPLES-STOKES, LUPARDO
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  requiring  that  all
   printed  political  campaign  mailing  pieces,  containing  or made of
   recyclable material, include a message  about  recycling  the  printed
   materials
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-111
 to read as follows:
   §  3-111.  RECYCLING  OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL LITERATURE.  ALL POLI-
 TICAL LITERATURE IN NEW  YORK  STATE,  WHETHER  HAND-BILLED  OR  MAILED,
 CONTAINING OR MADE OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL, SHALL HAVE AFFIXED TO IT, THE
 RECYCLING LOGO SIGNIFIED BY THREE CHASING ARROWS IN A TRIANGULAR CONFIG-
 URATION,  AND  THE FOLLOWING PRINTED MESSAGE: "THIS MATERIAL IS RECYCLA-
 BLE.  PLEASE PROPERLY RECYCLE AFTER USE."
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00105-02-1

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