Assembly Bill A6827

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of identical value

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Current 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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2023-A6827 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8700
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-oo, Gen Bus L

2023-A6827 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of identical value; provides for violations and penalties.

2023-A6827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6827
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring that
   digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of iden-
   tical value
 
   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
 396-oo to read as follows:
   §  396-OO.  DIGITAL  COUPONS;  AVAILABILITY  OF  PAPER COUPONS. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DIGITAL COUPON" MEANS A STORE COUPON,  REBATE
 OR  SIMILAR  INSTRUMENT THAT IS OFFERED TO A CONSUMER THROUGH THE INTER-
 NET.
   2. A PERSON SELLING OR OFFERING FOR SALE GOODS OR SERVICES  AT  RETAIL
 THAT  OFFERS A DIGITAL COUPON SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO A CONSUMER A PAPER
 COUPON OF IDENTICAL VALUE.
   3. ANY PERSON THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS  FOR  A  FIRST  OFFENSE  AND UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY
 SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, WHICH MAY BE COLLECTED AND ENFORCED BY THE  DIVISION
 OF  CONSUMER PROTECTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FOUR-A OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   4. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ON  BEHALF  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  CONSUMER
 PROTECTION,  SHALL  ADOPT  RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have  become
 a  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 such effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10877-01-3

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