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Int 1048-2013

The price of items sold at newsstands.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 2013-05-22Local Law 2013/053

Enacted as Local Law 2013/053.

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Agenda: 2013-05-22Passed: 2013-07-09Enacted: 2013-07-09
Committee on Consumer AffairsDepartment of Consumer Affairs

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This bill: 32 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2013-05-22 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2013-05-22 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2013-06-04 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2013-06-04 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2013-06-04 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2013-06-24 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2013-06-24 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
ActionAmended by Committee
2013-06-24 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2013-06-24 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
AdvancedApproved by Council
2013-06-24 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2013-06-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2013-07-09 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2013-07-09 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2013-07-09 · City Council

Heard at (2)

City Council · 2013-06-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2013-05-22 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 20-231 of subchapter seven of chapter two of title 20 of the administrative code, as amended by local law number 2 for the year 2002, is amended to read as follows: b. Items other than newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and prepaid telecommunication or transit cards may be offered for sale from a newsstand if they are sold for less than [five] ten dollars exclusive of taxes; provided, however, that apparel, jewelry, hair ornaments, handbags and video cassettes shall not be offered for sale from a newsstand and that if food items are offered for sale, they must be prepackaged. § 2. This local law shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law. R.C. LS 4139 5/31/13