Senate Bill S2749

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires cash registers used in certain businesses to visually display the amount of sale to the customer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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

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2017-S2749 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1096
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1351, A11083
2011-2012: S1304, A1477
2013-2014: S512, A752
2015-2016: S3045, A385

2017-S2749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all cash registers newly installed which are customarily used by a business dealing with consumers have a visual display indicating the amount of any sale to such consumer; exempts from such provisions hotels, motels, or retail licensed premises for the on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; authorizes the attorney general to seek injunctive relief for violations of such provisions, and authorizes courts to impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation.

2017-S2749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2749
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- 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 cash registers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-k to read as follows:
   § 399-K. CASH REGISTERS. 1. ANY CASH REGISTER USED BY OR IN THE OPERA-
 TION OF A BUSINESS WHICH CUSTOMARILY DEALS WITH CONSUMERS, OTHER THAN  A
 HOTEL,  MOTEL,  RETAIL LICENSED PREMISES FOR THE ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION
 OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR RESTAURANT WHERE A PRINTED AND ITEMIZED  CHECK
 IS  PROVIDED  FOR  THE CUSTOMER'S PERUSAL BEFORE PAYMENT, SHALL VISUALLY
 DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF ANY SALE IN  A  MANNER  READILY  VISIBLE  TO  SUCH
 CONSUMER.
   2. WHENEVER THERE SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, AN 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 JURISDICTION BY A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING TO ISSUE AN INJUNCTION, AND UPON NOTICE TO THE RESPONDENT  OF
 NOT  LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, TO ENJOIN AND RESTRAIN THE CONTINUANCE OF SUCH
 VIOLATIONS; AND IF IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE  COURT  OR
 JUSTICE  THAT  THE  RESPONDENT  HAS,  IN FACT, VIOLATED THIS SECTION, 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. WHENEVER THE COURT
 SHALL DETERMINE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION HAS OCCURRED, THE COURT
 MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR
 EACH  VIOLATION.  IN  CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH APPLICATION, 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 PRAC-
 TICE LAW AND RULES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04970-01-7

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