Assembly Bill A11336

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires travel agents to be registered with the department of state, and provides for the regulation thereof; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A11336 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7944
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add Art 10-A §§155 - 159, Gen Bus L; amd §154, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1875, S2791
2013-2014: S38
2015-2016: S1265
2017-2018: S462
2019-2020: S7903
2021-2022: S141
2023-2024: S511

2009-A11336 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires travel agents to be registered with the department of state, and provides for the regulation thereof.

2009-A11336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11336

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jeffries) --
  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Job
  Creation, Commerce and Industry

AN ACT to amend the general business law and  the  economic  development
  law,  in relation to requiring travel consultants and travel promoters
  located or doing business in this state  to  be  registered  with  the
  department  of  state; and to repeal article 10-A of the general busi-
  ness law relating to the truth in travel act

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Article 10-A of the general business law is REPEALED and a
new article 10-A is added to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 10-A
                              TRAVEL AGENTS
SECTION 155.   LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
        155-A. DEFINITIONS.
        156.   DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT REGISTRATION PROHIBITED.
        156-A. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
        156-B. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO REGISTRATION.
        156-C. REGISTRATION.
        156-D. GROUNDS FOR DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRA-
                 TION.
        156-E. PREEMPTION.
        156-F. REGULATIONS.
        157.   TRAVEL AGREEMENTS.
        157-A. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY TRAVEL CONSULTANTS.
        157-B. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY TRAVEL PROMOTERS.
        158.   VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
        159.   SEVERABILITY.
  S 155. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND  DECLARED  THAT
THE  PROMOTION  OF  TRAVEL, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP, IS NOW OF
SUCH VOLUME THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC  INTEREST  TO  SUBJECT  IT  TO  THE
REGISTRATION  BY  AND THE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE FOR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD17287-03-0
              

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