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Assembly Bill A599

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires a hotel or inn address be provided to customers at the time of their reservation

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2013-A599 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง206-f, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2465
2015-2016: A713
2017-2018: A4153

2013-A599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a hotel or inn address be provided to customers at the time of their reservation; customers shall not be penalized or charged for cancelling a reservation when the address of the hotel or inn was not provided at the time the customer was booking the reservation; authorizes consumer protection board to establish penalties.

2013-A599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   599

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  the
  provision  of  the  hotel  or  inn address to customers at the time of
  their reservation

  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 206-f to read as follows:
  S 206-F. HOTEL ADDRESS PROVIDED AT  THE  TIME  OF  RESERVATION.  1.  A
CUSTOMER'S  HOTEL OR INN RESERVATION SHALL NOT BE LEGALLY BINDING UNLESS
THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF THE HOTEL OR INN IS PROVIDED  AT  THE  TIME  THE
CUSTOMER IS RESERVING A ROOM.
  2.  A  CUSTOMER  SHALL NOT BE BILLED, NOR SHALL THE CUSTOMER BE PENAL-
IZED, AFTER CANCELLING A RESERVATION WHERE THE ADDRESS OF THE  HOTEL  OR
INN  WAS  NOT PROVIDED AT THE TIME THE CUSTOMER WAS BOOKING THE RESERVA-
TION.
  3. THE STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH  PENALTIES  FOR
ANY HOTEL OR INN THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed on or before such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04428-01-3

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