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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7210
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 18, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
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.
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