Bill Text: NY S04957 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits small seasonal farmers to place signs on state highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04957-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4957
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend  the  highway  law,  in  relation  to  permitting  small
         seasonal farmers to place signs near state highways
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section  331  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  331.  SEASONAL  FARM  SIGNS.  SMALL  SEASONAL FARMERS MAY, UPON THE
    4  REQUEST OF THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY, PLACE,  CAUSE  TO  BE  PLACED,  OR
    5  PERMIT  TO  BE  PLACED SIGNS BEYOND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY FEET OUTSIDE URBAN
    6  AREAS AND ERECTED WITH THE PURPOSE OF THEIR MESSAGE INDICATING  SEASONAL
    7  FARMS.  SUCH  SIGNAGE  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS
    8  PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09837-01-1