Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1340--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 8, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, STECK, PEOPLES-STOKES, LUPARDO
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
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:
1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-111
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3-111. Recycling of campaign and political literature. All poli-
4 tical literature in New York state, whether hand-billed or mailed,
5 containing or made of recyclable material, shall have affixed to it, the
6 recycling logo signified by three chasing arrows in a triangular config-
7 uration, and the following printed message: "This material is recycla-
8 ble. Please properly recycle after use."
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00105-02-1
