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Assembly Bill A5686

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring commercial establishments imposing credit card surcharges or fees to disclose such information to purchasers

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2013-A5686 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง519, Gen Bus L

2013-A5686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring commercial establishments imposing credit card surcharges or fees to disclose such information to purchasers.

2013-A5686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5686

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROBERTS, MILLER, CROUCH, SKOUFIS, MONTESANO,
  SCARBOROUGH, STEVENSON, ROSENTHAL, COOK, COLTON, ROBINSON,  RIVERA  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   ARROYO, GOTTFRIED, HIKIND, JACOBS,
  LUPINACCI, 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
  commercial establishments imposing credit card surcharges or  fees  to
  disclose such information to purchasers

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

  Section 1. Section 519 of the  general  business  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IMPOSING CREDIT CARD SURCHARGES AND/OR
FEES ON THE PURCHASE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY MUST PROVIDE CLEAR  DISCLOSURE
OF SUCH TO CUSTOMERS. SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL REQUIRE THE ESTABLISHMENT TO
CLEARLY  STATE  AND/OR POST THAT A SURCHARGE OR FEE IS BEING IMPOSED AND
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE OF THE SURCHARGE OR FEE. SUCH DISCLOSURE
SHALL BE POSTED: (A) AT THE POINT OF STORE ENTRY; (B) AT  THE  POINT  OF
INTERACTION  OR  SALE  WITH  THE  CUSTOMER;  AND  (C) ON THE TRANSACTION
RECEIPT PROVIDED TO THE PURCHASER.
  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.
                                                           LBD08808-01-3

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