Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 04, 2012 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Mar 03, 2011 |
advanced to third reading cal.90 |
Mar 01, 2011 |
reported |
Feb 15, 2011 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 26, 2011 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A3653
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RIVERA P
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joan Millman
Jose Rivera
William Colton
Naomi Rivera
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
William Boyland
Kevin Cahill
Barbara Clark
2011-A3653 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A3653 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires motor vehicle sales and lease contract terms be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in languages other than English deliver to consumers a translation of such contracts in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers.
2011-A3653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3653 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, MILLMAN, J. RIVERA, COLTON -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BOYLAND, CAHILL, CLARK, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, HIKIND, HOOPER, JACOBS, V. LOPEZ, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, ORTIZ, RAMOS, N. RIVERA, ROBINSON, TITUS, TOWNS, WEINSTEIN, WEISEN- BERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law and the personal property law, in relation to requiring certain contracts to be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 396-p of the general business law, as added by chapter 736 of the laws of 1978, is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 2-A. ANY RETAIL DEALER WHO NEGOTIATES PRIMARILY IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, IN THE COURSE OF ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL DELIVER TO THE CONSUMER WHO IS THE OTHER PARTY TO SUCH CONTRACT AND PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF SUCH CONTRACT, AN UNSIGNED TRANS- LATION OF SUCH CONTRACT, IN THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH SUCH CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED. (A) IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES IMPOSED UNDER SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ENTITLE THE AGGRIEVED CONSUMER TO CANCEL SUCH CONTRACT. UPON A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE AGGRIEVED CONSUM- ER MAY CANCEL THE CONTRACT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, CANCELLA- TION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED WHEN WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANCELLA- TION IS GIVEN TO THE RETAIL DEALER. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, IF MAILED, SHALL BE DEEMED DELIVERED ON THE DATE OF THE POSTMARK. NOTICE OF CANCEL- LATION SHALL BE SUFFICIENT IF SUCH NOTICE INDICATES THE INTENTION OF THE CONSUMER NOT TO BE BOUND BY SUCH CONTRACT. IF A CONSUMER CANCELS A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00046-01-1
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