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.

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A200-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to cities
• Jan 5, 2011: referred to cities

A200-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     200

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
    tee on Cities

  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:


    Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the  "lawn
  litter law act".
    S  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 397-a of the general business law, as
  amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

    3. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
  telephone number, or other identifying information appears on any  unso-
  licited  advertising  materials  described  in  subdivision  one of this
  section [and placed at two or more premises] shall  be  liable  for  any
  violations of this section.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01382-01-1