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Assembly Bill A1269

Signed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to fees charged by employment agencies

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2015-A1269 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1317
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง185, Gen Bus L

2015-A1269 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to fees charged by employment agencies.

2015-A1269 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1269

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to fees charged by
  employment agencies

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 10 of section 185 of the general business law,
as added by chapter 501 of the laws of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no fee
may be charged or collected FOR SERVICES RENDERED by an employment agen-
cy  not  licensed  pursuant  to  section one hundred seventy-two of this
article AT THE TIME SUCH  SERVICES  WERE  RENDERED.  [Any  agreement  or
contract with an unlicensed employment agency shall render the agreement
or  contract  void  in any action to collect a fee, at the option of the
defendant to such action.] IN AN ACTION TO  COLLECT  A  FEE,  THE  COURT
SHALL  VOID  ALL OR ANY PART OF AN AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT WITH AN EMPLOY-
MENT AGENCY THAT DID NOT HAVE A VALID LICENSE AT THE TIME  THE  CONTRACT
WAS ENTERED INTO OR SERVICES WERE RENDERED; HOWEVER, SUCH CONTRACT SHALL
NOT  BE  CONSIDERED  VOID  IF  A  COURT  FINDS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT BY AN
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY TO MAINTAIN ITS  LICENSE  DESPITE  CLERICAL  ERROR  OR
DELAY  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR OR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
have  been  in full force and effect on the same date chapter 501 of the
laws of 2014 took effect.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07411-01-5

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