Bill Text: NY A00790 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to veterans' affairs [A00790 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00790-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           790
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. 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    § 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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