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Assembly Bill A5664

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires jewelry repairers to return removed portions of jewelry that is being repaired to consumers

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2015-A5664 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง392-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7945
2013-2014: A1728
2017-2018: A4077

2015-A5664 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires jewelry repairers to return removed portions of jewelry that is being repaired to consumers.

2015-A5664 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5664

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
  jewelry repairers to return removed portions of jewelry that is  being
  repaired to consumers

  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
392-k to read as follows:
  S 392-K. JEWELRY REPAIR; RETURNING REPAIRED JEWELRY TO CONSUMER.    1.
DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "JEWELRY REPAIRER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, FIRM, ASSO-
CIATION,  CORPORATION,  OR  AGENT  OR  EMPLOYEE THEREOF THAT DERIVES ANY
PORTION OF GROSS INCOME FROM JEWELRY REPAIR.
  (B) "JEWELRY REPAIR" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,  POLISHING,
STONESETTING,  ENGRAVING, BRAZING, FORGING, FABRICATION, ELECTROPLATING,
ENAMELING, WATCHMAKING, AND ANTIQUE RESTORATION SERVICES.
  2. WHEN, AFTER THE REPAIR OF  AN  ITEM  OF  JEWELRY,  ANY  SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE JEWELRY HAS BEEN REMOVED, A JEWELRY REPAIRER SHALL RETURN
THE REMOVED PORTION TO A CONSUMER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09250-01-5

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