Assembly Bill A10224

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Expands new car lemon law protection to include motor vehicles used for commercial or business purposes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง198-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2235
2013-2014: A3253

2009-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands new car lemon law protection to include motor vehicles used for commercial or business purposes.

2009-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10224

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to including motor
  vehicles used for commercial or business use under the  protection  of
  the new car lemon law

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a)  of  section  198-a  of  the
general  business law, as amended by chapter 530 of the laws of 1990, is
amended to read as follows:
  (1) "Consumer" means the purchaser, lessee or transferee,  other  than
for  purposes  of  resale,  of a motor vehicle which is used [primarily]
EITHER for personal, family or household purposes OR COMMERCIAL OR BUSI-
NESS PURPOSES and any other person entitled by the terms of the manufac-
turer's warranty to enforce the obligations of such warranty;
  S 2. 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.
                                                           LBD16238-01-0

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