Senate Bill S1304

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires cash registers used in certain businesses to visually display the amount of sale to the customer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

  • 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-S1304 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1477
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-j, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1351, A11083
2013-2014: S512, A752
2015-2016: S3045, A385
2017-2018: S2749, A1096

2011-S1304 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all cash registers newly installed which are customarily used by a business dealing with consumers have a visual display indicating the amount of any sale to such consumer; exempts from such provisions hotels, motels, or retail licensed premises for the on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; authorizes the attorney general to seek injunctive relief for violations of such provisions, and authorizes courts to impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation.

2011-S1304 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1304 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1304

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to cash registers

  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
399-j to read as follows:
  S 399-J. CASH REGISTERS. 1. ANY CASH REGISTER USED BY OR IN THE OPERA-
TION  OF A BUSINESS WHICH CUSTOMARILY DEALS WITH CONSUMERS, OTHER THAN A
HOTEL, MOTEL, RETAIL LICENSED PREMISES FOR THE  ON-PREMISES  CONSUMPTION
OF  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR RESTAURANT WHERE A PRINTED AND ITEMIZED CHECK
IS PROVIDED FOR THE CUSTOMER'S PERUSAL BEFORE  PAYMENT,  SHALL  VISUALLY
DISPLAY  THE  AMOUNT  OF  ANY  SALE  IN A MANNER READILY VISIBLE TO SUCH
CONSUMER.
  2. WHENEVER THERE SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, AN APPLICATION
MAY BE MADE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE NAME OF  THE  PEOPLE  OF  THE
STATE OF NEW YORK TO A COURT OR JUSTICE HAVING JURISDICTION BY A SPECIAL
PROCEEDING  TO ISSUE AN INJUNCTION, AND UPON NOTICE TO THE RESPONDENT OF
NOT LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, TO ENJOIN AND RESTRAIN THE CONTINUANCE OF  SUCH
VIOLATIONS;  AND  IF IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT OR
JUSTICE THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS, IN  FACT,  VIOLATED  THIS  SECTION,  AN
INJUNCTION  MAY  BE  ISSUED  BY  SUCH  COURT  OR  JUSTICE, ENJOINING AND
RESTRAINING ANY FURTHER VIOLATION,  WITHOUT  REQUIRING  PROOF  THAT  ANY
PERSON HAS, IN FACT, BEEN INJURED OR DAMAGED THEREBY. WHENEVER THE COURT
SHALL DETERMINE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION HAS OCCURRED, THE COURT
MAY  IMPOSE  A  CIVIL  PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR
EACH VIOLATION. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH  APPLICATION,  THE  ATTORNEY
GENERAL  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  TAKE  PROOF AND MAKE A DETERMINATION OF THE
RELEVANT FACTS AND TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CIVIL PRAC-
TICE LAW AND RULES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to  all  cash  registers
installed  on  or  after  such date; provided, however that all existing
cash registers in violation of subdivision 1 of  section  399-j  of  the

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