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Assembly Bill A3963

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to ensuring fairness in the value of gifted goods

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2017-A3963 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5942
2015-2016: A142

2017-A3963 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ensuring fairness in the value of gifted goods.

2017-A3963 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3963
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ARROYO, JOYNER, SEAWRIGHT --
   Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. PERRY, SIMON -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to ensuring  fair-
   ness in the value of gifted goods

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 396 of the general business law is
 renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. NO FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, OR CORPORATION WITH FIVE OR MORE
 RETAIL  LOCATIONS  IN  THIS  STATE,  OR AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF, SHALL
 PROVIDE A CONSUMER WITH A RECEIPT THAT DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  THE  ITEMIZED
 PRICING OF ANY GOODS OR MERCHANDISE SOLD AT RETAIL UNLESS REQUESTED BY A
 CONSUMER  AT  THE  TIME  OF ORIGINAL SALE. IF A CONSUMER REQUESTS SUCH A
 RECEIPT, THE PROVIDER OF THE RECEIPT SHALL BE REQUIRED, FOR A PERIOD  OF
 NINETY  DAYS  AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL SALE, TO RECORD AND HAVE AVAIL-
 ABLE AS A REFERENCE THE ITEMIZED PRICE OF EACH ITEM SOLD AT THE TIME  OF
 ORIGINAL  SALE.  UPON  A  CONSUMER'S RETURN OF ANY ITEM ACCOMPANIED BY A
 RECEIPT NOT INCLUDING ITEMIZED PRICING FOR ANY SUCH ITEM,  THE  PROVIDER
 OF SUCH RECEIPT SHALL REFER TO ITS RECORDS AND, SO LONG AS THE RETURN IS
 WITHIN  NINETY  DAYS  OF  THE  ORIGINAL SALE, RETURN TO THE CONSUMER THE
 TOTAL AMOUNT PAID AT THE TIME OF ORIGINAL SALE IN LEGAL TENDER, A  WRIT-
 TEN PROMISE OR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT DEVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2018.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03222-01-7

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