Bill Text: NY S06285 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prohibits a state agency from entering into contracts for advertising mailings for products and services of entities which relate directly to the authority of such agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9034B [S06285 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06285-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6285
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to contracts  to  dissem-
         inate certain advertising materials
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  32-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  32-A.  CONTRACTS  TO  DISSEMINATE ADVERTISING MATERIALS. 1.   DEFI-
    4  NITIONS. THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS  FOR  THE
    5  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
    6    (A)  "STATE AGENCY" SHALL MEAN AN AGENCY AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE
    7  OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER.
    8    (B) "MAILINGS" SHALL MEAN ANY MAIL CLASSIFIED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
    9  POSTAL SERVICE AS FIRST CLASS MAIL.
   10    2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, WHEN A STATE AGENCY
   11  ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT DIRECTLY OR THROUGH A THIRD PARTY TO DISSEMINATE,
   12  THROUGH MAILINGS, ADVERTISING MATERIALS TO  THE  PUBLIC  RELATING  TO  A
   13  PRODUCT  OR  SERVICE,  SUCH  CONTRACT SHALL EXCLUDE THE ADVERTISEMENT OF
   14  PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WHICH RELATE DIRECTLY TO THE AUTHORITY, MISSION  OR
   15  SUBJECT  MATTER  OF THE STATE AGENCY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ADVERTISE-
   16  MENTS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS, FACILITIES  OR  OPERATIONS
   17  OF  THE  STATE  AGENCY  SHALL  NOT  BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
   18  SECTION.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
   20  contracts entered into on or after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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