Assembly Bill A3734

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Raises the maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing to twenty thousand dollars

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

multi-Sponsors

2017-A3734 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3152
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-z, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9442, S6553
2019-2020: A749, S4515
2021-2022: A83, S4585
2023-2024: A4456, S4617

2017-A3734 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Raises the maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing to twenty thousand dollars.

2017-A3734 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3734
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKEN-
   BUSH -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs
   and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to raising the
   maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision  12 of section 399-z of the
 general business law, as amended by chapter 369 of the laws of 2012,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  Where  it is determined after hearing that any person has violated
 one or more provisions of this section, the  secretary,  or  any  person
 deputized or so designated by him or her may assess a fine not to exceed
 [eleven] TWENTY thousand dollars for each violation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05700-01-7

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.