Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 09, 2014 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6269
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S6269 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3646
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง397-b, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S2958, A5635
2011-2012: S3637, A3659
2015-2016: S2869, A5901
2017-2018: S2713, A6978
2019-2020: S4999, A1861
2021-2022: S5464, A2523
2023-2024: S7143
2013-S6269 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6269 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to billboards advertising alcoholic beverages PURPOSE: Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or playgrounds. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends the general business law by adding a new section 397-b to restrict billboard advertisements of alcoholic beverages from being within 1,000 feet of any school or any playground adjacent to a school. JUSTIFICATION: Increasingly our school's curriculum is focusing our children's attention on the effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. We must be supportive of our school's efforts in teaching our children to abstain from controlled or illegal substances. The Drug Free School Zone must be expanded to restrict billboard advertisements of controlled substances to a minimum of 1,000 feet within a school or an adjacent playground. If we allow these billboard advertisements to be in such
2013-S6269 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6269 I N S E N A T E January 9, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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: S 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. S 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. LBD05585-01-3
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