S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2804 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, DenDEKKER, LAVINE, PERRY, CASTRO, ROBERTS, AUBRY, O'DONNELL, WEPRIN, BARRON, CLARK, BOYLAND, COOK, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, MAGEE, ROBINSON, SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting any county, city, town or village from enacting a local law, ordinance or regu- lation prohibiting or restricting posting of election material THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Article 8 of the election law is amended by adding a new 2 title 6 to read as follows: 3 TITLE VI 4 POSTING 5 SECTION 8-600. POSTING RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITED. 6 S 8-600. POSTING RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITED. NO COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR 7 VILLAGE SHALL ENACT A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR REGULATION PROHIBITING OR 8 RESTRICTING THE POSTING OF ANY HANDBILL, POSTER, NOTICE, SIGN, ADVER- 9 TISEMENT, STICKER OR ANY OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL PERTAINING TO ANY PRIMA- 10 RY, GENERAL SPECIAL ELECTION, UPON ANY CURB, GUTTER, FLAGSTONE, TREE, 11 LAMPPOST, AWNING POST, TELEGRAPH POLE, TELEPHONE POLE, PUBLIC UTILITY 12 POLE, PUBLIC GARBAGE BIN, BUS SHELTER, BRIDGE, ELEVATED TRAIN STRUCTURE, 13 HIGHWAY FENCE, BARREL, BOX, TRAFFIC STANCHION, TRAFFIC SIGN POLE, TREE 14 BOX, TREE PIT PROTECTION DEVICE, BENCH, TRAFFIC BARRIER, HYDRANT OR 15 PUBLIC PAY TELEPHONE ON ANY STREET FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY-EIGHT HOURS 16 BEFORE AND FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER ANY PRIMARY, SPECIAL OR GENERAL 17 ELECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH HANDBILL, POSTER, NOTICE, SIGN, 18 ADVERTISEMENT, STICKER OR ANY OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL MUST BE REMOVED 19 WITHIN THE FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER SUCH ELECTION. 20 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00632-01-3