Bill Text: NY A08578 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - ordered to third reading rules cal.60 [A08578 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08578-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8578--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 16, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, ORTIZ, STECK, LIFTON, PEOPLES- STOKES, LUPARDO, MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, MAGEE, ROBINSON, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-111 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3-111. Recycling of campaign and political literature. All poli- 4 tical literature in New York state, whether hand-billed or mailed, 5 containing or made of recyclable material, shall have affixed to it, the 6 recycling logo signified by three chasing arrows in a triangular config- 7 uration, and the following printed message: "This material is recycla- 8 ble. Please properly recycle after use." 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09466-04-6
