| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 06, 2012 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6414
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
2011-S6414 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S6414 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6414
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring a one
hundred twenty-day warning period for certain violations at certain
veterans' organization facilities
PURPOSE:
The purpose is to provide a warning period whereby the
veteran's organization can rectify the violation in lieu of the
immediate imposition of a fine.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends the general business law by adding a new
section 397-b which would provide for a warning period for certain
violations at certain veterans organizations facilities. The term
"congressionally chartered veterans group shall mean any veterans'
group that has been chartered by the United States Congress under
title 36 of the United States code.
JUSTIFICATION:
Veteran's organizations such as American Legions and
VFW posts provide a variety of much needed services to our veterans.
They serve as a resource for various for nonprofit and government
services as well as a brotherhood and support system for veterans in
2011-S6414 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6414
I N S E N A T E
February 6, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 requiring a one
hundred twenty-day warning period for certain violations at certain
veterans' organization facilities
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
397-b to read as follows:
S 397-B. WARNING PERIOD FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS AT CERTAIN VETERANS'
ORGANIZATION FACILITIES. 1. BEFORE ANY MONETARY FINES OR PENALTIES ARE
ISSUED OR APPLIED TO THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF ANY PLACE, POST, FACILITY
OR HALL OWNED OR OPERATED BY A CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS'
GROUP, A WARNING PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS SHALL TAKE PLACE
DURING WHICH TIME SUCH GROUP SHALL BE ABLE TO CURE SUCH VIOLATION. IF,
AT THE END OF SUCH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-DAY PERIOD, SUCH VIOLATION CONTIN-
UES, THEN A MONETARY FINE OR PENALTY MAY BE ISSUED OR APPLIED PROVIDED,
THAT AFTER SUCH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-DAY PERIOD, SUCH VETERANS' ORGANIZA-
TION MAY REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO CURE SUCH VIOLATION. SUCH
REQUEST SHALL BE MADE IN WRITING AND SHALL INCLUDE PROOF OF AN ATTEMPT
TO CURE SUCH VIOLATION WITHIN SUCH PERIOD.
2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CONGRESSIONALLY CHAR-
TERED VETERANS' GROUP" SHALL MEAN ANY VETERANS' GROUP THAT HAS BEEN
CHARTERED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS UNDER TITLE 36 OF THE UNITED
STATES CODE.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13838-02-2
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