Relates to the manufacturing of portable electronic devices; no device shall be manufactured for sale in the state if such device is not equipped with an ATSC 3.0 chip.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10888
IN ASSEMBLY
July 24, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of 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 to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 40
4 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
5 Section 900. Manufacturing requirements.
6 § 900. 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-two, no manufactur-
12 er shall provide for sale in this state any portable electronic device
13 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.
LBD16966-01-0
