Assembly Actions -
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Jan 15, 2020 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S7266
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S7266 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8714
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §392-k, rpld §518, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
-
S4018
2019-S7266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7266 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting fees or surcharges with accepted forms of payment; and to repeal section 518 of such law relating thereto PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would prohibit sellers in a sales transaction from employing differential pricing based on a consumer's form of payment which is accepted by the seller as payment for goods or services including the imposition of a fee or surcharge for processing or using such form of payment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends the general business law by adding a new section 392-k as it relates to prohibiting a seller from employing
2019-S7266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7266 I N S E N A T E January 15, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 prohibiting fees or surcharges with accepted forms of payment; and to repeal section 518 of such law relating thereto 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 392-k to read as follows: § 392-K. ACCEPTED FORM OF PAYMENT; PROHIBITED PRACTICES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DIFFERENTIAL PRICING" SHALL MEAN THE PRACTICE OF CHARGING CUSTOMERS DIFFERENT PRICES FOR THE SAME PRODUCT. 2. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION WHO IS ENGAGED IN A SALES TRANSACTION MAY EMPLOY DIFFERENTIAL PRICING BASED ON A CONSUMER'S FORM OF PAYMENT WHICH THE SELLER ACCEPTS AS PAYMENT FOR GOODS OR SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPOSING A FEE OR SURCHARGE FOR USING OR PROCESSING AN ACCEPTED FORM OF PAYMENT. 3. A KNOWING VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. § 2. Section 518 of the general business law is REPEALED. § 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. LBD13828-02-9
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