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.83 |
Mar 01, 2011 |
reported |
Feb 15, 2011 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 18, 2011 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A2332
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
William Colton
Jose Rivera
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Kevin Cahill
Barbara Clark
Richard Gottfried
2011-A2332 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A2332 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in the city of New York to be written in the language in which such contract was negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in any language other than English to deliver to the consumer a translation of such contract in the language in which such contract was negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers.
2011-A2332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2332 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, MILLMAN, COLTON, J. RIVERA -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, CAHILL, CLARK, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, HIKIND, HOOPER, JACOBS, V. LOPEZ, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, ORTIZ, RAMOS, N. RIVERA, ROBINSON, TITUS, TOWNS, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, 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. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-700.1 to read as follows: S 20-700.1 CONTRACTS IN CERTAIN LANGUAGES FOR THE SALE OR LEASE OF NEW OR USED MOTOR VEHICLES. ANY RETAIL MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER WHO NEGOTIATES PRIMARILY IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, IN THE COURSE OF ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OR LEASE OF A NEW OR USED MOTOR VEHICLE, SHALL DELIVER TO THE CONSUMER WHO IS THE OTHER PARTY TO SUCH CONTRACT AND PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF SUCH CONTRACT, AN UNSIGNED TRANSLATION OF SUCH CONTRACT, IN THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH SUCH CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED. A. IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES IMPOSED UNDER THIS SUBCHAPTER, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL ENTITLE THE AGGRIEVED CONSUMER TO CANCEL SUCH CONTRACT. UPON A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE AGGRIEVED CONSUMER MAY CANCEL THE CONTRACT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, CANCELLATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED WHEN WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANCELLATION IS GIVEN TO THE RETAIL DEALER. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, IF MAILED, SHALL BE DEEMED DELIV- ERED ON THE DATE OF THE POSTMARK. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION SHALL BE SUFFI- CIENT IF SUCH NOTICE INDICATES THE INTENTION OF THE CONSUMER NOT TO BE BOUND BY SUCH CONTRACT. IF A CONSUMER CANCELS A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00037-01-1
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