Assembly Bill A9679

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires sellers to clearly post the price of a credit card surcharge

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  • 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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2021-A9679 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8774
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §518, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2672, S1048

2021-A9679 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sellers to clearly post the credit card price inclusive of any surcharge at the location a sale occurs.

2021-A9679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9679
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring sell-
   ers to clearly post the price of a credit card surcharge
 
   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:
   § 518. Credit card surcharge prohibited. No seller in any sales trans-
 action  may  impose  a  surcharge on a holder who elects to use a credit
 card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or  similar  means  UNLESS  SUCH
 SELLER CLEARLY POSTS THE CREDIT CARD PRICE, INCLUSIVE OF SUCH SURCHARGE,
 AT  THE  LOCATION  WHERE  THE SALE OCCURS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE
 FINAL SALES PRICE OF ANY  SUCH  SALES  TRANSACTION,  INCLUSIVE  OF  SUCH
 SURCHARGE, SHALL NOT AMOUNT TO A PRICE GREATER THAN THE POSTED PRICE FOR
 SUCH SALES TRANSACTION.
   Any seller who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty
 of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars
 or a term of imprisonment up to one year, or both.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15018-01-2

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