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Assembly Bill A4150

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that advertisements which include a discount or rebate in the advertised price also include the actual selling price prior to any deductions in the same font and size

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2015-A4150 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง350-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7732
2017-2018: A2528
2019-2020: A4259

2015-A4150 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that advertisements which include a discount or rebate in the advertised price also include the actual selling price prior to any deductions in the same font and size.

2015-A4150 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4150

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring  that
  advertisements  which  include  a discount or rebate in the advertised
  price also include the actual selling price prior to any deductions in
  the same font and size

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 350-a of the general business law,
as  added  by  chapter  107  of  the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. It shall constitute false advertising to display  or  announce,  in
print  or broadcast advertising, the price of an item after deduction of
a rebate unless the actual selling price is displayed or announced,  and
clear  and conspicuous notice is given in the advertisement that a mail-
in rebate is required to achieve the lower net price.  ALL PRINT  ADVER-
TISEMENTS SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ADVERTISEMENT THE ACTUAL SELLING PRICE OF
THE  ITEM BEING ADVERTISED PRIOR TO THE DEDUCTION OF ANY REBATE, CREDIT,
OR OTHER DISCOUNT. THE ACTUAL SELLING PRICE OF THE ITEM BEING ADVERTISED
SHALL BE PRINTED IN THE SAME FONT AND IN  THE  SAME  SIZE  TEXT  AS  THE
DISCOUNTED PRICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08007-01-5

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