Assembly Bill A5231

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits telemarketers from making unsolicited sales calls to existing customer on the do not call list unless the call relates to an existing contract

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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-A5231 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-z, Gen Bus L

2009-A5231 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits telemarketers from making unsolicited sales calls to existing customers whose names and telephone numbers appear on the no telemarketing sales calls registry, unless the call relates to an existing contract, to an offer to renew an existing contract, or to the payment of a debt pursuant to an existing contract.

2009-A5231 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5231

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GIANARIS, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A.  CANESTRARI,  COOK,  CUSICK,  CYMBROWITZ,  DIAZ,  DINOWITZ,  GALEF,
  GREENE,  HIKIND,  HOOPER,  V. LOPEZ, MILLMAN, PAULIN, PERALTA, POWELL,
  J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, SWEENEY, TOWNS,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to unsolicited
  telemarketing sales calls

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii)  of  paragraph  j of subdivision 1 of
section 399-z of the general business law, as amended by chapter 214  of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  to  an  existing  customer,  ONLY  WHEN SUCH CALL RELATES TO AN
EXISTING CONTRACT, TO RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING CONTRACT, OR TO THE PAYMENT
OF A DEBT PURSUANT TO AN EXISTING CONTRACT,  unless  such  customer  has
stated  to  the  telemarketer  that  such  customer  no longer wishes to
receive the telemarketing sales calls of such telemarketer.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05751-01-9

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