Assembly Bill A538

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to broadening the definition of a consumer

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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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2017-A538 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§198-a & 198-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8352
2015-2016: A1834
2019-2020: A3686
2021-2022: A391
2023-2024: A2226
2025-2026: A3541

2017-A538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to broadening the definition of a consumer.

2017-A538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    538
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  definition
   of a consumer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a)  of  section  198-a  of  the
 general  business law, as amended by chapter 530 of the laws of 1990, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (1) "Consumer" means the purchaser, lessee or transferee,  other  than
 for  purposes  of resale, of a motor vehicle which is used primarily for
 personal,  family  or  household  purposes  OR  COMMERCIAL  OR  BUSINESS
 PURPOSES  and  any other person entitled by the terms of the manufactur-
 er's warranty to enforce the obligations of such warranty;
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of  section  198-b  of  the  general
 business  law, as amended by chapter 530 of the laws of 1990, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. "Consumer" means the purchaser, or lessee, other than for  purposes
 of  resale, of a used motor vehicle primarily used for personal, family,
 or household purposes OR COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS PURPOSES and subject  to
 a  warranty,  and  the spouse or child of the purchaser or the lessee if
 either such motor vehicle or the lease of such motor vehicle  is  trans-
 ferred to the spouse or child during the duration of any warranty appli-
 cable  to such motor vehicle, and any other person entitled by the terms
 of such warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty;
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD03187-01-7

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