Assembly Bill A3908

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market

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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-A3908 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1966
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §198-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2640, S3328
2013-2014: A4007, S358
2015-2016: S1415
2017-2018: S1803

2009-A3908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market.

2009-A3908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3908

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GABRYSZAK, BENEDETTO, FIELDS -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.   BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY,  CHRISTENSEN,  COLTON,  GALEF,
  JAFFEE,  JEFFRIES,  JOHN,  KOON, MAISEL, PERRY, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG --
  read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
  Protection

AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
  disclosure of the market for which a vehicle was manufactured

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

  Section  1.  Section  198-b  of the general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
  H. DISCLOSURE OF INTENDED MARKET. A DEALER MUST DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO
THE CONSUMER WHETHER THE VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED  BY  THE  CONSUMER  WAS
MANUFACTURED  FOR INTRODUCTION INTO THE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE, OR WHETHER
SUCH VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO  A  FOREIGN  MARKET-
PLACE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04097-01-9

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