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- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools and playgrounds
In Assembly Committee · Consumer Affairs And Protection · Sponsor Charles Barron
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2869
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to billboards advertising alcoholic beverages
Purpose
Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or playgrounds.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: amends the general business law by adding a new section 397-b to restrict billboard advertisements of alcoholic beverages from being within 1,000 feet of any school or any playground adjacent to a school.
Justification
Increasingly our school's curriculum is focusing our children's attention on the effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. We must be supportive of our school's efforts in teaching our children to abstain from controlled or illegal substances. The Drug Free School Zone must be expanded to restrict billboard advertisements of controlled substances to a minimum of 1,000 feet within a school or an adjacent playground. If we allow these billboard advertisements to be in such close proximity to our school, we are being inconsistent in our message.
As a result, of the tobacco settlement, advertisement of tobacco products is prohibited near schools. However, there is still a need to restrict the advertisement of alcoholic beverages near a school
Legislative history
S.6269 (2014) - Referred to Consumer Protection S.2727 (2013) - Referred to Consumer Protection S.3637 (2012) - Referred to Consumer Protection S.2958 (2009) - Reported and Committed to Finance
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect 1 year after it shall have become a law.
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