Bill Text: NY A04881 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the state comptroller from doing business with companies that design, manufacture and sell provocative children and youth clothing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A04881 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04881-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4881
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, CASTRO, ARROYO, MARKEY, HOOPER, TITONE --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  HIKIND,  ROBINSON  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the
         state comptroller from doing  business  with  companies  that  design,
         manufacture or sell provocative children's clothing
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  98-d to read as follows:
    3    S  98-D.  INVESTMENT  OF  FUNDS  PROHIBITED  IN PROVOCATIVE CHILDREN'S
    4  CLOTHING COMPANIES. 1. THE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL  NOT  INVEST  ANY  MONEYS
    5  BELONGING  TO  ANY FUNDS WHICH THE COMPTROLLER NOW IS OR HEREAFTER SHALL
    6  BE AUTHORIZED TO INVEST IN COMPANIES THAT DESIGN,  MANUFACTURE  OR  SELL
    7  PROVOCATIVE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.
    8    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "PROVOCATIVE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING"
    9  SHALL  MEAN CLOTHES MARKETED TO CHILDREN THAT PROMOTE OR HIGHLIGHT SEXU-
   10  ALIZATION AND OBJECTIFICATION, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  CLOTHING
   11  THAT EMPHASIZES SEXUAL EROTICISM OR SUGGESTIVE SAYINGS.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08665-01-3