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Assembly Bill A251

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring businesses to provide to the division of consumer protection a telephone number at which such business may be contacted for the submission of consumers complaints

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2021-A251 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6821
2017-2018: A417
2019-2020: A19
2023-2024: A6468
2025-2026: A7241

2021-A251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring businesses to provide to the division of consumer protection a telephone number at which such business may be contacted for the submission of consumer complaints; authorizes such division to create a registry of such telephone numbers.

2021-A251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    251
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an online
   registry of businesses conducting  electronic  commerce  in  New  York
   state

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 94-a of the exec-
 utive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 16 to read as follows:
   (16) REQUIRE ALL BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN NEW YORK
 STATE TO PROVIDE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BY WHICH TO CONTACT SUCH  BUSINESS
 FOR  THE  SUBMISSION  OF  CONSUMER  COMPLAINTS,  AND ESTABLISH AN ONLINE
 REGISTRY PROVIDING SUCH TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04244-01-1

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