Provides that a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; provides that the attorney general may bring an action or special proceeding in supreme court to recover civil penalties under certain circumstances.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8939
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
July 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to penalties for a
lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for
providing information concerning services for human trafficking
victims
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 206-f of the general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. ANY LODGING FACILITY THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT
OFFENSE. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ACTION AUTHORIZED BY LAW, INCLUDING
ONE TO ENJOIN FURTHER VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BRING AN ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN SUPREME
COURT TO RECOVER ANY CIVIL PENALTIES ASSESSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
AGAINST A LODGING FACILITY IF A LOCAL OR STATE AGENCY WITH AUTHORITY TO
REGULATE THE BUSINESS HAS:
(A) PROVIDED THE LODGING FACILITY WITH REASONABLE NOTICE OF NONCOMPLI-
ANCE, WHICH INFORMS THE BUSINESS OR ESTABLISHMENT THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO
A CIVIL PENALTY IF IT DOES NOT CORRECT THE VIOLATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
FROM THE DATE THAT THE NOTICE IS SENT TO THE LODGING FACILITY; AND
(B) VERIFIED THAT THE VIOLATION WAS NOT CORRECTED WITHIN THE THIRTY-
DAY PERIOD DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13414-01-5
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