Bill Text: NY S02108 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits any person, firm, or corporation from selling, offering for sale, renting, offering to rent, or displaying indecent material within two hundred feet of any public or private primary or secondary school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S02108 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02108-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2108 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or rental of indecent material near a school or place of worship THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 397-b to read as follows: 3 S 397-B. SALE OF INDECENT MATERIAL NEAR A SCHOOL OR PLACE OF WORSHIP. 4 IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO SELL, OFFER 5 FOR SALE, RENT, OFFER TO RENT OR TO DISPLAY INDECENT MATERIAL, AS 6 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 235.21 OF THE PENAL LAW, WITHIN 7 TWO HUNDRED FEET OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL, 8 CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 10 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06681-01-1