Assembly Bill A10043

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including electronic messaging texts as a form of telemarketing communication

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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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2019-A10043 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8770
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-z, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6040, S3941

2019-A10043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes electronic messaging texts as a form of telemarketing communication for purposes of the no-call registry.

2019-A10043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10043
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to including elec-
   tronic messaging texts as a form of telemarketing communication
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraphs h, i, j, k, l and m of subdivision 1 of section
 399-z of the general business law, as amended by chapter 369 of the laws
 of 2012 and paragraph k as amended and paragraphs l and m of subdivision
 1 as added by chapter 484 of the laws of 2016, are  amended  and  a  new
 paragraph n is added to read as follows:
   h.  "Telemarketer"  means  any  person  who,  for  financial profit or
 commercial purposes in connection with telemarketing, makes  telemarket-
 ing  sales  calls  OR  ELECTRONIC MESSAGING TEXTS to a customer when the
 customer is in this state or any person who directly controls or  super-
 vises  the  conduct of a telemarketer. For the purposes of this section,
 "commercial purposes" shall mean the sale or offer for sale of goods  or
 services;
   i.  "Telemarketing"  means  any  plan,  program  or  campaign  that is
 conducted to induce payment or the exchange of any  other  consideration
 for  any goods or services that involves more than one telephone call OR
 ELECTRONIC MESSAGING TEXT by a telemarketer in  which  the  customer  is
 located within the state at the time of the call. Telemarketing does not
 include  the solicitation of sales through media other than by telephone
 calls OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING TEXTS and does not include calls OR  ELEC-
 TRONIC  MESSAGING  TEXTS intended to implement or complete a transaction
 to which the customer has previously consented;
   j. "Telemarketing sales call" means a  telephone  call  OR  ELECTRONIC
 MESSAGING  TEXT  made DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY by a telemarketer or by any
 outbound  telephone  calling  technology  that  delivers  a  prerecorded
 message  to a customer or to a customer's voicemail or answering machine
 service, IN WHICH SUCH TELEPHONE CALL OR ELECTRONIC  MESSAGING  TEXT  IS
 for the purpose of inducing payment or the exchange of any other consid-
 eration for any goods or services;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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