Bill Text: NY S06399 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the consumer protection division to post on the division website information on the related risks associated with unsecured furniture, televisions, and appliances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-08 - SIGNED CHAP.26 [S06399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06399-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6399--A
            Cal. No. 30
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported  favora-
          bly  from  said  committee  to  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2015,  requiring  the  consumer
          protection division to develop an unsecured furniture, television, and
          appliance  public awareness campaign, as proposed in legislative bills
          numbers S. 4543 and A. 7018, requiring the consumer  protection  divi-
          sion  to post on the division website information on the related risks
          associated with unsecured furniture, televisions and appliances
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2015, requiring the
     2  consumer protection division to develop an  unsecured  furniture,  tele-
     3  vision, and appliance public awareness campaign, as proposed in legisla-
     4  tive bills numbers S. 4543 and A. 7018, is amended to read as follows:
     5    Section  1.  The consumer protection division shall develop, establish
     6  and implement a public [awareness campaign] outreach  program  regarding
     7  the  dangers  of unsecured furniture, televisions, and other appliances.
     8  The [campaign] program shall include information on the dangers of unse-
     9  cured furniture, televisions and appliances including potential injuries
    10  and fatalities and prevention methods.  Such public [awareness campaign]
    11  outreach program shall include brochures, consumer guides,  posters,  or
    12  any  combination  thereof,  and shall be made available to the public by
    13  any means deemed appropriate by the division [including, but not limited
    14  to,] and may include internet, radio, and  print  advertising  [such  as
    15  billboards  and  posters].  The [campaign] program may also identify and
    16  recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors  to  promote
    17  this  message. The [campaign] division shall include [an], on its inter-
    18  net website, [providing] information on the risks associated with  unse-
    19  cured furniture, televisions, and appliances and the resources available
    20  to  prevent  related injuries and fatalities. [The campaign] The program
    21  shall begin no later than [January] April 1, 2016.   The division  shall
    22  [prepare an] include in its annual report to the governor and the legis-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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