Bill Text: NY A04265 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits farm operations to place advertising and directional signs near state highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A04265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04265-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4265
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 2, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAGEE, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         ABBATE, BOYLAND, CAHILL, CASTRO, DESTITO, ENGLEBRIGHT,  GALEF,  GLICK,
         GUNTHER,  HEVESI,  JAFFEE,  KELLNER,  LUPARDO, MAISEL, MARKEY, REILLY,
         SCHROEDER, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
         portation
       AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to  permitting  farm  oper-
         ations to place advertising and directional signs near state highways
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 88 of the highway law is amended by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    3    13. EXCEPTIONS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FARM
    4  OPERATIONS,  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
    5  ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW,  INCLUDING  FARM  WOODLANDS,  AS
    6  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRI-
    7  CULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, ADJACENT TO NON-CONTROLLED ACCESS  HIGHWAYS  AS
    8  DESIGNATED  BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.  SIGNS,
    9  DISPLAYS, AND DEVICES MAY NOT ADVERTISE ACTIVITIES WHICH DO NOT CONTRIB-
   10  UTE TO THE FARM OPERATION OR FARM WOODLAND.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03556-01-1
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