Assembly Bill A1009

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the consumer protection division to establish a model notice of potential scams when selling gift cards

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    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1009 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1329
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396-i, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.145-B & A.266-A)

2023-A1009 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the consumer protection division to establish a model notice of potential scams when selling gift cards.

2023-A1009 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1009
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 providing
   notice of potential scams when selling gift cards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2-b of section 396-i of the general business
 law, as added by a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending  the  general
 business  law relating to providing notice of potential scams when sell-
 ing gift cards, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 145-B and A.
 266-A, is amended to read as follows:
   2-b. (A) No person,  firm,  partnership,  association  or  corporation
 shall  sell a gift certificate to a purchaser unless the seller displays
 a conspicuous notice at or near where the gift certificate is  displayed
 or  at  or  near  the  physical location where the sale occurs, that (i)
 cautions the purchaser about prepaid card scams, and (ii) instructs  the
 purchaser on what to do if they suspect they might be a potential victim
 of such a scam.
   (B)  THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION NINE-
 TY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL CREATE A MODEL NOTICE WHICH  SELL-
 ERS  MAY  USE  TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL
 MAKE SUCH NOTICE ACCESSIBLE TO SELLERS INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 POSTING  SUCH  NOTICE ON THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION'S WEBSITE IN A
 FORMAT AVAILABLE FOR SELLERS TO PRINT AND DISPLAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general business
 law relating to providing notice of potential scams  when  selling  gift
 cards,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 145-B and A. 266-A,
 takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04305-01-3

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