Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 29, 2016 |
signed chap.372 |
Sep 20, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.525 substituted for a10081 |
May 09, 2016 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 04, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
May 03, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 12, 2016 |
1st report cal.606 |
Feb 01, 2016 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6623
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S6623 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10081
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง743, Gen Bus L
2015-S6623 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6623 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law, in relation to increasing penalties for deceptive trade practices and unlawful acts by an automobile broker business PURPOSE : To decrease the incidence of unlawful deceptive practices in the automobile broker business by increasing the penalties for violating article 43 of the General Business Law, which regulates Automobile Broker Businesses SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this bill amends General Business Law section 743 concerning enforcement of General Business Law article 43 by the Attorney General to increase the penalties for violating article 43 by mandating that the Court shall impose a civil penalty when it finds a person has violated such article. Additionally, the amount of the civil penalty is increased an amount that is not less than $1,000 and not more than $3,000 per violation. Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
2015-S6623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6623 I N S E N A T E February 1, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to increasing penalties for deceptive trade practices and unlawful acts by an auto- mobile broker business THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 743 of the general business law, as added by chap- ter 616 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: S 743. Enforcement by attorney general. In addition to the other reme- dies provided, whenever there shall be a violation of this article, application may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdic- tion by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to the satisfac- tion of the court or justice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this article, an injunction may be issued by such court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make allowances to the attorney general as provided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct restitu- tion. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of this arti- cle has occurred, the court [may] SHALL impose a civil penalty of not [more] LESS than one thousand dollars AND NOT MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS for each violation. In connection with any such proposed appli- cation, the attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil practice law and rules. 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. LBD13524-01-6
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