Assembly Actions -
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Jun 12, 2014 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S7829
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- 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
2013-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §180, amd §190, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S1852
2017-2018: S140
2013-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7829 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting certain entities charging fees for performers' services from making certain false, misleading or deceptive representations PURPOSE: To create an unambiguous distinction between Employment Agencies and Talent Services Companies, to prevent the latter from making false and misleading statements concerning job placement to workers and performers, and to create a plaintiff cause of action as well as civil and criminal penalties for such violations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the general business law creating a new section 180 in relation to Performers' services, providing that no person who is not licensed under this article shall make any false, misleading or deceptive oral or written representation that it will secure for a prospective client a job as a performer in the entertainment industry in exchange for such fee. Section 2 amends section 190 of the general business law to provide a violation under section Section 3 contains the effective date
2013-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7829 I N S E N A T E June 12, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting certain entities charging fees for performers' services from making certain false, misleading or deceptive representations 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 180 to read as follows: S 180. PERFORMERS' SERVICES; UNLICENSED PERSONS. NO PERSON, WHO IS NOT LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND WHO CHARGES OR IMPOSES A FEE TO PROVIDE PERFORMERS' SERVICES SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, CAREER COUN- SELING, RESUME ASSISTANCE, ONLINE RESUME HOSTING OR OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES, SHALL MAKE ANY FALSE, MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE ORAL OR WRITTEN REPRESENTATION THAT IT WILL SECURE FOR A PROSPECTIVE CLIENT A JOB AS A PERFORMER IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH FEE. S 2. Section 190 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 632 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: S 190. Penalties for violations. 1. Any person who violates and the officers of a corporation and stockholders holding ten percent or more of the stock of a corporation which is not publicly traded, who knowing- ly permit the corporation to violate sections one hundred seventy-two, one hundred seventy-three, one hundred seventy-six, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY, one hundred eighty-four, one hundred eighty-four-a, one hundred eighty- five, one hundred eighty-five-a, one hundred eighty-six, or one hundred eighty-seven of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, by any court of competent jurisdiction. The violation of any other provision of this article shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Criminal proceedings based upon violations of these sections shall be instituted by the commissioner and may be instituted by any persons aggrieved by such violations. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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