NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1923

Senate Bill S1923

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to implementing a moratorium on digital billboards and directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards on motor vehicle accidents

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to consumer protection
Jan 16, 2021	referred to consumer protection

2021-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6097
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6901, A9153
2023-2024: S1036, A3964

2021-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to implementing a moratorium on the installation of new digital billboards and directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards on motor vehicle accidents.

2021-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1923

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to implementing a
moratorium on digital billboards and directing the commissioner of
transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards on
motor vehicle accidents

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to determine the effects that digital
billboards have on motor vehicle accidents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the General Business Law by creating a new Section
397-B. This new section prohibits the installation of new digital bill-
boards unless such billboard complies with the rules and regulations
promulgated by the commissioner of transportation. The commissioner of

transportation will be required to conduct a study on the impact digital
billboards have on the frequency and severity of motor vehicle acci-
dents. The commissioner will submit the study's findings to the gover-
nor, temporary president of the senate, and speaker of the assembly; and
will promulgate rules and regulations regarding digital billboards based
on the findings of the study.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Distracted driving is a major concern across the country. Many states
have taken important steps to curb the use of cell phones and other
electronic devices by drivers.

But, in this corporate advertising age, new threats to road safety have
emerged in the form of digital billboards, adding another factor to
concerns about safe driving. Many of our most heavily used commuter
roads have become flashy and distracting situations for drivers of every
age and experience level.

It is time for the state to study their impact on the frequency and
severity of auto accidents.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S.6901 - Referred to Consumer Affairs/A.9153 - Referred to
Transportation

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1923
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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 implementing  a
   moratorium  on  digital  billboards  and directing the commissioner of
   transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital  billboards
   on motor vehicle accidents
 
   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. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW
 TO  THE  CONTRARY, NO PERSON SHALL INSTALL A DIGITAL BILLBOARD AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, UNLESS SUCH BILLBOARD COMPLIES WITH  THE
 RULES  AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. 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.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL CONDUCT  A  STUDY  ON  THE
 IMPACT  OF  DIGITAL  BILLBOARDS  ON  THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF MOTOR
 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  SUCH  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 ACCIDENTS  THAT  RESULT IN SEVERE BODILY INJURY OR DEATH IN PROXIMITY TO
 SUCH DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL:
   (A)  SUBMIT A REPORT OF HIS OR HER FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMEN-
 DATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE  AND  THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY; AND
   (B)  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE INSTALLATION AND
 USE OF DIGITAL BILLBOARDS BASED UPON THE FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02289-01-1

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