Bill Text: NY A09304 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9304 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Includes mentally disabled as among those veterans qualified to hold licenses granted under section 35-a of the general business law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-08 - referred to veterans' affairs [A09304 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09304-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9304
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 8, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Veterans' Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to veterans of the
         armed  forces who vend in cities having a population of one million or
         more
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 35-a of the
    2  general business law, as added by chapter 227 of the laws  of  1998,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (a) In cities having a population of one million or more, the official
    5  designated by a local law or ordinance to issue a local license to hawk,
    6  peddle,  vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade upon
    7  the streets and highways within such city shall issue specialized  vend-
    8  ing  licenses to honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the
    9  United States who are EITHER physically OR MENTALLY disabled as a result
   10  of injuries received while in the service of said armed forces  and  who
   11  are  eligible to hold licenses granted pursuant to section thirty-two of
   12  this article. Such specialized vending licenses shall authorize  holders
   13  thereof  to  hawk  or  peddle  within  such  city in accordance with the
   14  provisions contained  in  this  section.  Specialized  vending  licenses
   15  issued  under  this  section shall permit the holders thereof to vend on
   16  any block face, and no licensee authorized under this section  shall  be
   17  restricted  in  any  way from vending in any area, except as provided in
   18  this section.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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