Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Jan 22, 2015 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A3368
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Helene Weinstein
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Thomas Abinanti
Jeffrion Aubry
Michael Benedetto
2015-A3368 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A3368 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3368 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, WEINSTEIN, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ABINANTI, AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CAMARA, CERETTO, COLTON, COOK, CRESPO, CYMBROWITZ, DenDEKKER, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HEASTIE, HEVESI, HOOP- ER, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH, LAVINE, LENTOL, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, MARKEY, PAULIN, PERRY, RAMOS, RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL, THIELE, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the imposition of a surcharge by a seller in a sales transaction on a holder who uses a debit card THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 518 of the general business law, as added by chap- ter 160 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: S 518. [Credit] PAYMENT card surcharge prohibited. 1. No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a holder who elects to use a credit card OR DEBIT CARD in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DEBIT CARD" INCLUDES A PREPAID CARD OR OTHER MEANS OF ACCESS TO PREPAID FUNDS THAT MAY BE USED TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS AND MAY BE USED WITHOUT UNIQUE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SUCH AS A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO INITIATE ACCESS TO PREPAID FUNDS. 2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT ANY SELLER FROM: A. OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO A BUYER TO INDUCE THE BUYER TO PAY BY CASH, CHECK, DEBIT CARD OR SIMILAR MEANS RATHER THAN BY CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD, IF SUCH DISCOUNTS ARE OFFERED TO ALL PROSPECTIVE BUYERS AND DISCLOSED CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY; OR B. IMPOSING A SURCHARGE ON A HOLDER WHO, IN CONNECTION WITH A CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD TRANSACTION, RECEIVES CASH BACK BEYOND THE PURCHASE AMOUNT OF THE SALES TRANSACTION, BUT SUCH SURCHARGE MAY ONLY BE APPLIED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07471-01-5
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