Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A252
SPONSOR: Magnarelli
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that all
printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recycl-
able material, include a message about recycling the printed materials
 
PURPOSE:
This legislation is designed to encourage the recycling of campaign and
political literature.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-111 to
require that all recyclable political literature have a printed message
informing the reader that the material is recyclable.
Section 2: Establishes the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Elections in New York generate tons of political literature in the form
of . mailings, handbills, palm cards, etc. This paper material is
recyclable, but is often thrown with the regular trash. To encourage
recycling, this legislation requires that all future political litera-
ture be printed with the recycling label, and a message reminding the
reader that it is recyclable.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-2022: A.1340-A; 2019-2020: A.1866; 2017-2018: A:1659; 2016:
A.8578-A; 2015: A.6147; 2013-14: A.5999-A
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State or localities.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect after 180 days.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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252
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 4, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, STECK, PEOPLES-STOKES, LUPARDO,
FAHY, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election
Law
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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