STATE OF NEW YORK
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7225
IN SENATE
May 6, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to veterans of the
armed forces who vend in cities having a population of one million or
more
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 35-a of the
2 general business law, as added by chapter 227 of the laws of 1998, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) In cities having a population of one million or more, the official
5 designated by a local law or ordinance to issue a local license to hawk,
6 peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade upon
7 the streets and highways within such city shall issue specialized vend-
8 ing licenses to honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the
9 United States who are either physically or mentally disabled as a result
10 of injuries received while in the service of said armed forces and who
11 are eligible to hold licenses granted pursuant to section thirty-two of
12 this article. Such specialized vending licenses shall authorize holders
13 thereof to hawk or peddle within such city in accordance with the
14 provisions contained in this section. Specialized vending licenses
15 issued under this section shall permit the holders thereof to vend on
16 any block face, and no licensee authorized under this section shall be
17 restricted in any way from vending in any area, except as provided in
18 this section.
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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