NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2810
SPONSOR: Vanel TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufactur-
ing of portable electronic devices
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Relates to the manufacturing of portable electronic devices
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Requires that all portable electronic devices sold in New
York State be equipped with an ATSC 3.0 chip.
JUSTIFICATION:
Many people in the state of New York did not have sufficient resources
to attain information at the beginning and through out the coronavirus
pandemic because many mobile devices were not equipped at ATSC 3.0 chip.
Even though ATSC 3.0 OTA broadcasts are designed to work hand-in-hand
with content delivered over the internet, you do not need an internet
connection. Using just your antenna and an ATSC 3.0 tuner, you'll be
able to watch every local station that is broadcasting in the new stand-
ard.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
03/12/21 referred to consumer affairs and protection
01/05/22 referred to consumer affairs and protection
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None Yet
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2810
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufactur-
ing of portable electronic devices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
2 40-A to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 40-A
4 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
5 Section 925. Manufacturing requirements.
6 § 925. Manufacturing requirements. 1. For the purposes of this
7 section, "portable electronic device" shall mean any hand-held mobile
8 telephone, as defined by subdivision one of section twelve hundred twen-
9 ty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, personal digital assistant
10 (PDA), or handheld device with mobile data access.
11 2. On and after January first, two thousand twenty-five, no manufac-
12 turer shall provide for sale in this state any portable electronic
13 device not equipped with an ATSC 3.0 chip.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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