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                                   8774
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 14, 2022
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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 requiring sell-
   ers to clearly post the price of a credit card surcharge
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section  1. Section 518 of the general business law, as added by chap-
 ter 160 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 518. Credit card surcharge prohibited. No seller in any sales trans-
 action may impose a surcharge on a holder who elects  to  use  a  credit
 card  in  lieu  of  payment by cash, check, or similar means UNLESS SUCH
 SELLER CLEARLY POSTS THE CREDIT CARD PRICE, INCLUSIVE OF SUCH SURCHARGE,
 AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE SALE OCCURS, AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  THE
 FINAL  SALES  PRICE  OF  ANY  SUCH  SALES TRANSACTION, INCLUSIVE OF SUCH
 SURCHARGE, SHALL NOT AMOUNT TO A PRICE GREATER THAN THE POSTED PRICE FOR
 SUCH SALES TRANSACTION.
   Any seller who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty
 of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars
 or a term of imprisonment up to one year, or both.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15018-01-2