Assembly Bill A11162

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the cancellation of a health club contract

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A11162 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9067
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §624, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2285, S106
2023-2024: A4667, S932

2019-A11162 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health clubs accept cancellation of a membership within twenty-four hours of receiving notice of the cancellation.

2019-A11162 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11162
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Perry) --
   read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
   Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to the cancella-
   tion of a health club contract
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  624  of  the  general business law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. EVERY CONTRACT FOR SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE  THAT  SUCH  HEALTH  CLUB
 SHALL  ACCEPT  CANCELLATION  OF A MEMBERSHIP BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S
 ESTATE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE CANCELLATION.
 SUCH HEALTH CLUBS SHALL ACCEPT  CANCELLATION  OF  A  MEMBERSHIP  THROUGH
 METHODS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE INTERNET, TELEPHONE, OR IN
 PERSON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17491-03-0

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