Assembly Bill A252

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • 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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2023-A252 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7210
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
2021-2022: A1340, S6689

2023-A252 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A252 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    252
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, STECK, PEOPLES-STOKES, LUPARDO,
   FAHY, SEAWRIGHT -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD00287-01-3

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