Assembly Bill A2344

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "lawn litter law act"

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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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2013-A2344 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6897
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง397-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10273, A7862, S4973
2011-2012: A200, S3893
2015-2016: A246, S1128
2017-2018: A1336, S1892
2019-2020: A3787, S3618
2021-2022: S4212

2013-A2344 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "lawn litter law act"; relates to the rebuttable presumption regarding distributing unsolicited advertising on private property in cities with a population of one million or more.

2013-A2344 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2344

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
  "lawn litter law act"

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the  "lawn
litter law act".
  S  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 397-a of the general business law, as
amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
telephone number, or other identifying information appears on any  unso-
licited  advertising  materials  described  in  subdivision  one of this
section [and placed at two or more premises] shall  be  liable  for  any
violations of this section.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05091-01-3

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