Assembly Bill A11501

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11501
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lucas) --
   read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
   Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring food
   retail establishments provide a ten percent discount when  a  customer
   uses a self-service checkout kiosk

   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
 396-ll to read as follows:
   § 396-LL. SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUTS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS  SECTION,
 THE TERM:
   (A)  "FOOD  RETAIL  ESTABLISHMENT"  SHALL  MEAN A SUPERMARKET, GROCERY
 STORE OR OTHER FOOD RETAILER.
   (B) "SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  AUTOMATED  PROCESS  THAT
 ENABLES  A  CUSTOMER  TO  SCAN,  BAG,  AND PAY FOR THEIR PURCHASES AT AN
 IN-STORE CHECKOUT KIOSK AND WITHOUT HUMAN ASSISTANCE.
   (C) "SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT KIOSK" SHALL MEAN ANY MACHINE  AT  A  FIXED
 LOCATION  WITHIN  A  FOOD RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT STORE AT WHICH A CUSTOMER
 CAN USE SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT FOR THE CUSTOMER'S PURCHASES.
   (D) "SUPERMARKET" SHALL MEAN A PHYSICAL RETAIL STORE DEVOTED TO OFFER-
 ING FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
   2. EACH FOOD RETAIL  ESTABLISHMENT  WHICH  PROVIDES  FOR  SELF-SERVICE
 CHECKOUT  SHALL  REDUCE THE PRICE OF ANY GOODS PURCHASED THROUGH A SELF-
 SERVICE CHECKOUT KIOSK BY TEN PERCENT.
   3. 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 DEFENDANT OF
 NOT LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, TO ENJOIN AND RESTRAIN THE CONTINUANCE OF  SUCH
 VIOLATION;  AND  IF  IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT OR
 JUSTICE THAT THE DEFENDANT 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15949-01-6
 A. 11501                            2
 
 PERSON  HAS,  IN  FACT,  BEEN  INJURED  OR  DAMAGED THEREBY. IN ANY SUCH
 PROCEEDING, THE COURT MAY MAKE ALLOWANCES TO  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH  SIX  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION EIGHTY-THREE
 HUNDRED  THREE  OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND DIRECT RESTITU-
 TION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.