Assembly Bill A7945

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires jewelry repairers to return removed portions of jewelry that is being repaired to consumers

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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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2011-A7945 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง392-j, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1728
2015-2016: A5664
2017-2018: A4077

2011-A7945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires jewelry repairers to return removed portions of jewelry that is being repaired to consumers.

2011-A7945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7945

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
  jewelry repairers to return removed portions of jewelry that is  being
  repaired to consumers

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
392-j to read as follows:
  S 392-J. JEWELRY REPAIR; RETURN OF  JEWELRY  TO  CONSUMER.  A  JEWELRY
REPAIRER  SHALL  RETURN ANY PORTION OF JEWELRY WHICH IS REMOVED FROM THE
ITEM BEING REPAIRED TO THE CONSUMER AND SHALL INFORM THE CONSUMER OF THE
VALUE OF SUCH PORTION OF JEWELRY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11716-01-1

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