Assembly Bill A6821

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring businesses to provide to the division of consumer protection a telephone number at which such business may be contacted for the submission of consumers complaints

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6821 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง94-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A417
2019-2020: A19
2021-2022: A251
2023-2024: A6468
2025-2026: A7241

2015-A6821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring businesses to provide to the division of consumer protection a telephone number at which such business may be contacted for the submission of consumer complaints, and authorizing such division to create a registry of such telephone numbers.

2015-A6821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6821

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an online
  registry of businesses conducting  electronic  commerce  in  New  York
  state

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 94-a of the exec-
utive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 16 to read as follows:
  (16) REQUIRE ALL BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN NEW YORK
STATE TO PROVIDE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BY WHICH TO CONTACT SUCH  BUSINESS
FOR  THE  SUBMISSION  OF  CONSUMER  COMPLAINTS,  AND ESTABLISH AN ONLINE
REGISTRY PROVIDING SUCH TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09306-01-5

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