Bill Text: NY S03893 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "lawn litter law act"; relates to the rebuttable presumption regarding distributing unsolicited advertising on private property in cities with a population of one million or more.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S03893 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S03893-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3893
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 9, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 enacting the
"lawn litter law act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lawn
2 litter law act".
3 S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 397-a of the general business law, as
4 amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
5 3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
6 telephone number, or other identifying information appears on any unso-
7 licited advertising materials described in subdivision one of this
8 section [and placed at two or more premises] shall be liable for any
9 violations of this section.
10 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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