Assembly Bill A10634

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to rights of car wash facility customers to file a complaint regarding damages sustained from such car wash facility

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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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2023-A10634 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §349-h, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4570

2023-A10634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain car wash facilities to display a notice to customers that such customers may file a complaint regarding damages sustained from such car wash facility to the consumer protection division.

2023-A10634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10634
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fall) --
   read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
   Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to rights of car
   wash  facility  customers  to  file  a  complaint  regarding   damages
   sustained from such car wash facility

   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
 349-h to read as follows:
   § 349-H.  CAR  WASH  FACILITY  LIABILITY;  NOTICE  OF  RIGHT  TO  FILE
 COMPLAINT.    1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CAR WASH
 FACILITY" SHALL MEAN A FACILITY THAT ENGAGES PRIMARILY IN  THE  BUSINESS
 OF WASHING, WAXING, AND/OR VACUUMING MOTOR VEHICLES.
   2.  ANY  CAR WASH FACILITY THAT DISPLAYS A SIGN INFORMING CUSTOMERS OF
 SUCH CAR WASH FACILITY THAT SUCH CAR WASH  FACILITY  IS  NOT  LIABLE  OR
 OTHERWISE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED TO MOTOR VEHICLES AT SUCH
 CAR WASH FACILITY, SHALL INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL NOTICE ON OR ADJACENT  TO
 SUCH SIGN NOTIFYING SUCH CUSTOMERS THAT SUCH CUSTOMERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO
 FILE  A  COMPLAINT TO THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION IF SUCH CUSTOMERS
 SUSTAIN DAMAGES TO THEIR MOTOR VEHICLE  FROM  SUCH  CAR  WASH  FACILITY,
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SIGN.
   3.  A  CAR WASH FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT
 TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15892-01-4

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