Senate Bill S5796

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S5796 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1659
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-111, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4781, A5999
2015-2016: S7524, A6147, A8578
2019-2020: A1866
2021-2022: A1340
2023-2024: A252

2017-S5796 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.

2017-S5796 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5796 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5796
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  requiring  that  all
   printed  political  campaign  mailing  pieces,  containing  or made of
   recyclable material, include a message  about  recycling  the  printed
   materials

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-111
 to read as follows:
   §  3-111.  RECYCLING  OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL LITERATURE.  ALL POLI-
 TICAL LITERATURE IN NEW  YORK  STATE,  WHETHER  HAND-BILLED  OR  MAILED,
 CONTAINING OR MADE OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL, SHALL HAVE AFFIXED TO IT, THE
 RECYCLING LOGO SIGNIFIED BY THREE CHASING ARROWS IN A TRIANGULAR CONFIG-
 URATION,  AND  THE FOLLOWING PRINTED MESSAGE: "THIS MATERIAL IS RECYCLA-
 BLE.  PLEASE PROPERLY RECYCLE AFTER USE."
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00552-01-7

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