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                                    338
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  discounted
   admission and memberships for certain individuals

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 396-cc of the general business  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 556 of the laws of 1998, is renumbered section 396-ccc and a new
 section 396-cccc is added to read as follows:
   § 396-CCCC. DISCOUNTED ADMISSION AND MEMBERSHIPS FOR DISABLED INDIVID-
 UALS. 1. (A) ANY PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION,
 OR  AGENT  OR  EMPLOYEE  THEREOF, WHICH OFFERS, IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF
 BUSINESS, AN ESTABLISHED SENIOR CITIZEN, STUDENT OR VETERAN DISCOUNT  ON
 THE  PRICE OF ADMISSION OR MEMBERSHIP THERETO, SHALL OFFER A DISCOUNT ON
 THE PRICE OF ADMISSION OR MEMBERSHIP TO DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.
   (B) THE PRICE OF ADMISSION OR MEMBERSHIP FOR SUCH DISABLED  INDIVIDUAL
 DISCOUNT  SHALL  BE  EQUAL  TO THE LOWEST DISCOUNT PRICE OFFERED BY SUCH
 PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION,  OR  ASSOCIATION,  OR  AGENT  OR
 EMPLOYEE THEREOF TO ANOTHER CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUALS.
   (C)  AN  ADMISSION  OR MEMBERSHIP PURCHASED WITH A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL
 DISCOUNT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE FREE ADMISSION  FOR  THE
 CAREGIVER  ACCOMPANYING SUCH DISABLED INDIVIDUAL. IF A DISABLED INDIVID-
 UAL DISCOUNTED ADMISSION OR MEMBERSHIP IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON  THE
 WEBSITE  OF A PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION, OR
 AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF, SUCH WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE AN OPTION TO IDEN-
 TIFY THE CAREGIVER OF A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE THE  FREE  ADMIS-
 SION  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH.   IF A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL DISCOUNTED
 ADMISSION OR MEMBERSHIP IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE BOX OFFICE OF A
 PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION,  OR  ASSOCIATION,  OR  AGENT  OR
 EMPLOYEE  THEREOF,  SUCH  BOX  OFFICE  SHALL  CONSPICUOUSLY ADVERTISE AN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 OPTION TO IDENTIFY THE CAREGIVER OF A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE THE
 FREE ADMISSION PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   2.  (A) ANY PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION, OR
 AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF, WHICH OFFERS, IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF  BUSI-
 NESS,  AN ESTABLISHED SENIOR CITIZEN, STUDENT, VETERAN OR DISABLED INDI-
 VIDUAL DISCOUNT ON THE PRICE OF ADMISSION OR  MEMBERSHIP  THERETO  SHALL
 CONSPICUOUSLY  ADVERTISE  THE AVAILABILITY AND PRICE OF SUCH DISCOUNT AT
 THE BOX OFFICE AND WEBSITE OF SUCH  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  CORPO-
 RATION,  OR  ASSOCIATION, OR AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF. THE AVAILABILITY
 AND PRICE OF SUCH DISCOUNT SHALL ALSO BE CONSPICUOUSLY ADVERTISED ON THE
 ACCESSIBILITY PAGE OF THE WEBSITE OF  SUCH  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,
 CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION, OR AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF.
   (B)  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION, OR
 AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF, WHICH OFFERS, IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF  BUSI-
 NESS,  OR UTILIZES A PAY-AS-YOU-WISH POLICY ON THE PRICE OF ADMISSION OR
 MEMBERSHIP THERETO SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY ADVERTISE SUCH POLICY AT THE  BOX
 OFFICE  AND  WEBSITE  OF SUCH PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, OR
 ASSOCIATION, OR AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF. SUCH  POLICY  SHALL  ALSO  BE
 CONSPICUOUSLY  ADVERTISED  ON  THE  ACCESSIBILITY PAGE OF THE WEBSITE OF
 SUCH PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION, OR AGENT OR
 EMPLOYEE THEREOF.
   3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "DISABLED INDIVIDUAL" MEANS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXEC-
 UTIVE LAW.
   (B)  "CAREGIVER" MEANS THE PERSON WHO NORMALLY PROVIDES THE DAILY CARE
 OR SUPERVISION OF A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.
   (C) "PAY-AS-YOU-WISH POLICY" MEANS A PRICING STRATEGY WHERE THE  BUYER
 DETERMINES WHAT PRICE SUCH BUYER WILL PAY FOR A COMMODITY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.