Bill Text: NY A07018 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the consumer protection division to develop an unsecured furniture, television, and appliance public awareness campaign.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-24 - substituted by s4543 [A07018 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07018-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7018
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 20, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN  ACT  requiring  the consumer protection division to develop an unse-
         cured furniture, television, and appliance public awareness campaign
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The consumer protection division shall develop, establish
    2  and implement a public awareness campaign regarding the dangers of unse-
    3  cured furniture, televisions, and other appliances. The  campaign  shall
    4  include  information  on the dangers of unsecured furniture, televisions
    5  and  appliances  including  potential  injuries   and   fatalities   and
    6  prevention methods.  Such public awareness campaign shall be made avail-
    7  able  to  the  public  by  any  means deemed appropriate by the division
    8  including, but not limited to, internet, radio,  and  print  advertising
    9  such  as  billboards  and  posters.  The  campaign may also identify and
   10  recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors  to  promote
   11  this  message.  The campaign shall include an internet website providing
   12  information on the risks  associated  with  unsecured  furniture,  tele-
   13  visions,  and  appliances and the resources available to prevent related
   14  injuries and fatalities. The campaign shall begin no later than  January
   15  1, 2016. The division shall prepare an annual report to the governor and
   16  the  legislature  on or before December first of each year on the public
   17  awareness campaign, including: (i) actions  taken  by  the  division  to
   18  carry  out  the  public awareness campaign and (ii) an assessment of the
   19  necessary appropriations for the division  to  meet  the  needs  of  the
   20  campaign in the next fiscal year.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09363-01-5