Implements a moratorium on the installation of new digital billboards; directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards on motor vehicle accidents.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6809
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 24, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to implementing a
moratorium on digital billboards and directing the commissioner of
transportation to conduct a study on the impact of digital billboards
on motor vehicle accidents
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 397-b of the general business law is amended by
2 adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
3 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person
4 shall install a digital billboard after the effective date of this
5 subdivision, unless such billboard complies with the rules and regu-
6 lations promulgated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to
7 subdivision four of this section.
8 4. The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study on the
9 impact of digital billboards on the frequency and severity of motor
10 vehicle accidents, including but not limited to, such motor vehicle
11 accidents that result in severe bodily injury or death in proximity to
12 such digital billboards. Within one year of the effective date of this
13 subdivision, the commissioner of transportation shall:
14 (a) submit a report of their findings, conclusions and recommendations
15 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker
16 of the assembly; and
17 (b) promulgate rules and regulations regarding the installation and
18 use of digital billboards based upon the findings of such study.
19 § 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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