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                                    932
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  the  cancella-
   tion of a health club contract
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 624 of the  general  business  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  EVERY  CONTRACT  FOR  SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE THAT SUCH HEALTH CLUB
 SHALL ACCEPT CANCELLATION OF A MEMBERSHIP BY THE BUYER  OR  THE  BUYER'S
 ESTATE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE CANCELLATION.
 SUCH  HEALTH  CLUBS  SHALL  ACCEPT  CANCELLATION OF A MEMBERSHIP THROUGH
 METHODS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INTERNET,  TELEPHONE,  OR  IN
 PERSON.  FOR  SUCH  CANCELLATION  OF  A  MEMBERSHIP TO BE REQUIRED TO BE
 ACCEPTED WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF RECEIVING NOTICE UNDER THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  THE  CANCELLATION  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED EITHER WITHIN THE FIRST
 THIRTY-SIX HOURS OF THE PURCHASE OF A MEMBERSHIP OR AFTER THE FULL  TERM
 OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS COMPLETED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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                                  932--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Consumer  Protection  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to the cancella-
   tion of a health club contract
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 624 of the general business law, as added by chap-
 ter 630 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   §  624.  Rights  of  cancellation of contracts for services. 1.  Every
 contract for services at a planned health club or a  health  club  under
 construction shall, at the option of the buyer, be voidable in the event
 that  the  health  club and the services to be provided pursuant to such
 contract are not available within one year from the date the contract is
 executed by the buyer.
   2. Every contract for services shall provide that such contract may be
 cancelled within three business days after the date of  receipt  by  the
 buyer of a copy of the written contract. Notice of cancellation shall be
 delivered  by [certified or registered] United States mail OR ELECTRONIC
 MAIL at the address OR E-MAIL ADDRESS specified in  the  contract.  Such
 contract  shall  contain  the following written notice in at least [ten]
 TWELVE point bold type: CONSUMERS RIGHT TO CANCELLATION. YOU MAY  CANCEL
 THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR FURTHER OBLIGATION WITHIN THREE (3)
 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THIS DATE . . . . . . Notice of cancellation shall be
 in  writing  subscribed by the buyer and mailed by [registered or certi-
 fied] United States mail OR ELECTRONIC MAIL to the seller at the address
 OR E-MAIL ADDRESS specified in such form. Such notice shall be  accompa-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 S. 932--B                           2
 
 nied  by the contract forms, membership cards and any other documents or
 evidence of membership previously delivered to the buyer.    All  moneys
 paid  pursuant to such contract shall be refunded within [fifteen] THREE
 business  days  of receipt of such notice of cancellation.  If the buyer
 has executed any credit or loan agreement to pay  for  all  or  part  of
 health  club  services,  any  such negotiable instrument executed by the
 buyer shall also be returned within [fifteen] THREE BUSINESS days.
   3. (A) Every contract for services shall provide that after such three
 BUSINESS day period for cancellation as provided in subdivision  two  of
 this  section,  the buyer's estate may cancel a contract for services if
 the buyer dies. The buyer may also cancel after three BUSINESS  days  if
 the  buyer  becomes  significantly  physically  disabled for a period in
 excess of [six] THREE months,  or  moves  [his]  THEIR  residence  to  a
 location  more than twenty-five miles from a health club operated by the
 seller, or after the services are no longer available  or  substantially
 available  as provided in the contract because of the seller's permanent
 discontinuance of operation or substantial change in operation.  Nothing
 contained  herein shall restrict or prohibit the seller from offering or
 providing in such contract additional or broader reasons  for  cancella-
 tion.  The  seller  may  require  reasonable evidence for a cancellation
 pursuant to this subdivision.
   (B) Such contract shall contain the following notice captioned  in  at
 least [ten] TWELVE point bold type:
 ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO CANCELLATION:
   You may also cancel this contract for any of the following reasons:
   If  upon  a doctor's order, you cannot physically receive the services
 because of significant physical disability for a  period  in  excess  of
 [six] THREE months.
   If  you  die,  your estate shall be relieved of any further obligation
 for payment under the contract not then due and owing.
   If you move your residence more than twenty-five miles from any health
 club operated by seller.
   If the services cease to be offered as stated in the contract.
   (C) All moneys paid  pursuant  to  such  contract  cancelled  for  the
 reasons contained in this subdivision shall be refunded within [fifteen]
 THREE  BUSINESS days of receipt of such notice of cancellation; provided
 however that the seller may retain the expenses incurred and the portion
 of the total price representing the  services  used  or  completed,  and
 further provided that the seller may demand the reasonable cost of goods
 and  services  which  the  buyer  has consumed or wishes to retain after
 cancellation of the contract. In no instance  shall  the  seller  demand
 more  than  the  full  contract  price  from the buyer. If the buyer has
 executed any credit or loan agreement to pay for all or part  of  health
 club  services,  any  such  negotiable  instrument executed by the buyer
 shall also be returned within [fifteen] THREE BUSINESS days.
   4. (A) EVERY CONTRACT FOR SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE THAT SUCH HEALTH CLUB
 SHALL ACCEPT CANCELLATION OF A MEMBERSHIP BY THE BUYER  OR  THE  BUYER'S
 ESTATE  WITHIN  THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE CANCELLA-
 TION.
   (B) FOR SUCH CANCELLATION OF A MEMBERSHIP TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE HEALTH
 CLUB WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS  OF  RECEIVING  NOTICE  OF  CANCELLATION
 UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE CANCELLATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED EITHER (I)
 WITHIN THE FIRST THIRTY-SIX HOURS OF THE PURCHASE OF  A  MEMBERSHIP,  OR
 (II)  AFTER  THE  FULL TERM OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS COMPLETED.  SUCH HEALTH
 CLUBS SHALL ACCEPT NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF A MEMBERSHIP THROUGH  METH-
 S. 932--B                           3
 
 ODS  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INTERNET, TELEPHONE, MAIL, OR IN
 PERSON.
   (C)  IF  A  HEALTH  CLUB  ALLOWS  A BUYER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR
 SERVICES THROUGH A WEBSITE, SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT  A  NOTICE  OF
 CANCELLATION  OF  SUCH  CONTRACT THROUGH SUCH WEBSITE IN ADDITION TO THE
 METHODS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

                             
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                                  932--C
     Cal. No. 111
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PERSAUD, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
   Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted to the
   Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,
   sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported  favorably  from
   said  committee,  ordered  to  first  report, amended on first report,
   ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place
   in the order of second report
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to the cancella-
   tion of a health club contract
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 624 of the general business law, as added by chap-
 ter 630 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   §  624.  Rights  of  cancellation of contracts for services. 1.  Every
 contract for services at a planned health club or a  health  club  under
 construction shall, at the option of the buyer, be voidable in the event
 that  the  health  club and the services to be provided pursuant to such
 contract are not available within one year from the date the contract is
 executed by the buyer.
   2. Every contract for services shall provide that such contract may be
 cancelled within three business days after the date of  receipt  by  the
 buyer of a copy of the written contract. Notice of cancellation shall be
 delivered  by [certified or registered] United States mail OR ELECTRONIC
 MAIL at the address OR E-MAIL ADDRESS specified in  the  contract.  Such
 contract  shall  contain  the following written notice in at least [ten]
 TWELVE point bold type: CONSUMERS RIGHT TO CANCELLATION. YOU MAY  CANCEL
 THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR FURTHER OBLIGATION WITHIN THREE (3)
 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THIS DATE . . . . . . Notice of cancellation shall be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01730-14-4
 S. 932--C                           2
 
 in  writing  subscribed by the buyer and mailed by [registered or certi-
 fied] United States mail OR ELECTRONIC MAIL to the seller at the address
 OR E-MAIL ADDRESS specified in such form. Such notice shall be  accompa-
 nied  by the contract forms, membership cards and any other documents or
 evidence of membership previously delivered to the buyer.    All  moneys
 paid  pursuant to such contract shall be refunded within [fifteen] THREE
 business days of receipt of such notice of cancellation.   If the  buyer
 has  executed  any  credit  or  loan agreement to pay for all or part of
 health club services, any such negotiable  instrument  executed  by  the
 buyer shall also be returned within [fifteen] THREE BUSINESS days.
   3. (A) Every contract for services shall provide that after such three
 BUSINESS  day  period for cancellation as provided in subdivision two of
 this section, the buyer's estate may cancel a contract for  services  if
 the  buyer  dies. The buyer may also cancel after three BUSINESS days if
 the buyer becomes significantly physically  disabled  for  a  period  in
 excess  of  [six]  THREE  months,  or  moves  [his] THEIR residence to a
 location more than twenty-five miles from a health club operated by  the
 seller,  or  after the services are no longer available or substantially
 available as provided in the contract because of the seller's  permanent
 discontinuance  of operation or substantial change in operation. Nothing
 contained herein shall restrict or prohibit the seller from offering  or
 providing  in  such contract additional or broader reasons for cancella-
 tion. The seller may require  reasonable  evidence  for  a  cancellation
 pursuant to this subdivision.
   (B)  Such  contract shall contain the following notice captioned in at
 least [ten] TWELVE point bold type:
 ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO CANCELLATION:
   You may also cancel this contract for any of the following reasons:
   If upon a doctor's order, you cannot physically receive  the  services
 because  of  significant  physical  disability for a period in excess of
 [six] THREE months.
   If you die, your estate shall be relieved of  any  further  obligation
 for payment under the contract not then due and owing.
   If you move your residence more than twenty-five miles from any health
 club operated by seller.
   If the services cease to be offered as stated in the contract.
   (C)  All  moneys  paid  pursuant  to  such  contract cancelled for the
 reasons contained in this subdivision shall be refunded within [fifteen]
 THREE BUSINESS days of receipt of such notice of cancellation;  provided
 however that the seller may retain the expenses incurred and the portion
 of  the  total  price  representing  the services used or completed, and
 further provided that the seller may demand the reasonable cost of goods
 and services which the buyer has consumed  or  wishes  to  retain  after
 cancellation  of  the  contract.  In no instance shall the seller demand
 more than the full contract price from  the  buyer.  If  the  buyer  has
 executed  any  credit or loan agreement to pay for all or part of health
 club services, any such negotiable  instrument  executed  by  the  buyer
 shall also be returned within [fifteen] THREE BUSINESS days.
   4. (A) EVERY CONTRACT FOR SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE THAT SUCH HEALTH CLUB
 SHALL  ACCEPT  CANCELLATION  OF A MEMBERSHIP BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S
 ESTATE, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, NO LATER THAN THREE  BUSINESS  DAYS
 OF RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE CANCELLATION.
   (B)  WHERE  A  CONTRACT  FOR  SERVICES IS DUE FOR RENEWAL ON AN ANNUAL
 BASIS, SUCH CONTRACT FOR SERVICES FOLLOWING THE INITIAL  CONTRACT  SHALL
 PROVIDE  THAT SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT CANCELLATION OF RENEWAL OF A
 MEMBERSHIP, BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S ESTATE, PROVIDED SUCH REQUEST IS
 S. 932--C                           3
 
 MADE WITHIN FIFTEEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH RENEWAL TAKES EFFECT. WHERE
 A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE IS DUE FOR  RENEWAL  ON  A  MONTHLY  BASIS,  SUCH
 CONTRACT  FOR SERVICES FOLLOWING THE INITIAL CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE THAT
 SUCH  HEALTH  CLUB  SHALL  ACCEPT  CANCELLATION  OF RENEWAL OF A MONTHLY
 MEMBERSHIP, BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S ESTATE PROVIDED SUCH REQUEST  IS
 MADE WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH RENEWAL TAKES EFFECT.
   (C)  SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF A MEMBER-
 SHIP THROUGH METHODS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WEBSITE,  ELECTRONIC
 MAIL, TELEPHONE, MAIL, OR IN PERSON.
   (D)  IF  A  HEALTH  CLUB  ALLOWS  A BUYER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR
 SERVICES THROUGH A WEBSITE, SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT  A  NOTICE  OF
 CANCELLATION  OF  SUCH  CONTRACT THROUGH SUCH WEBSITE IN ADDITION TO THE
 METHODS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

                             
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                                  932--D
     Cal. No. 111
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PERSAUD,  JACKSON,  SEPULVEDA  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Consumer  Protection  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with Senate Rule
   6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported  favorably  from
   said  committee,  ordered  to  first  report, amended on first report,
   ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place
   in  the order of second report -- ordered to second report, ordered to
   a third reading, passed by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the  Assembly,
   recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  the  cancella-
   tion of a health club contract
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Section 624 of the general business law, as added by chap-
 ter 630 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   § 624. Rights of cancellation of contracts for  services.  1.    Every
 contract  for  services  at a planned health club or a health club under
 construction shall, at the option of the buyer, be voidable in the event
 that the health club and the services to be provided  pursuant  to  such
 contract are not available within one year from the date the contract is
 executed by the buyer.
   2. Every contract for services shall provide that such contract may be
 cancelled  within  three  business days after the date of receipt by the
 buyer of a copy of the written contract. Notice of cancellation shall be
 delivered by [certified or registered] United States mail OR  ELECTRONIC
 MAIL  at  the  address OR E-MAIL ADDRESS specified in the contract. Such
 contract shall contain the following written notice in  at  least  [ten]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01730-19-4
 S. 932--D                           2
 
 TWELVE  point bold type: CONSUMERS RIGHT TO CANCELLATION. YOU MAY CANCEL
 THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR FURTHER OBLIGATION WITHIN THREE (3)
 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THIS DATE . . . . . . Notice of cancellation shall be
 in  writing  subscribed by the buyer and mailed by [registered or certi-
 fied] United States mail OR ELECTRONIC MAIL to the seller at the address
 OR E-MAIL ADDRESS specified in such form. Such notice shall be  accompa-
 nied  by the contract forms, membership cards and any other documents or
 evidence of membership previously delivered to the buyer.    All  moneys
 paid  pursuant  to  such contract shall be refunded within [fifteen] TEN
 business days of receipt of such notice of cancellation.   If the  buyer
 has  executed  any  credit  or  loan agreement to pay for all or part of
 health club services, any such negotiable  instrument  executed  by  the
 buyer shall also be returned within [fifteen] TEN BUSINESS days.
   3. (A) Every contract for services shall provide that after such three
 BUSINESS  day  period for cancellation as provided in subdivision two of
 this section, the buyer's estate may cancel a contract for  services  if
 the  buyer  dies. The buyer may also cancel after three BUSINESS days if
 the buyer becomes significantly physically  disabled  for  a  period  in
 excess  of  [six]  THREE  months,  or  moves  [his] THEIR residence to a
 location more than twenty-five miles from a health club operated by  the
 seller,  or  after the services are no longer available or substantially
 available as provided in the contract because of the seller's  permanent
 discontinuance  of operation or substantial change in operation. Nothing
 contained herein shall restrict or prohibit the seller from offering  or
 providing  in  such contract additional or broader reasons for cancella-
 tion. The seller may require  reasonable  evidence  for  a  cancellation
 pursuant to this subdivision.
   (B)  Such  contract shall contain the following notice captioned in at
 least [ten] TWELVE point bold type:
 ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO CANCELLATION:
   You may also cancel this contract for any of the following reasons:
   If upon a doctor's order, you cannot physically receive  the  services
 because  of  significant  physical  disability for a period in excess of
 [six] THREE months.
   If you die, your estate shall be relieved of  any  further  obligation
 for payment under the contract not then due and owing.
   If you move your residence more than twenty-five miles from any health
 club operated by seller.
   If the services cease to be offered as stated in the contract.
   (C)  All  moneys  paid  pursuant  to  such  contract cancelled for the
 reasons contained in this subdivision shall be refunded within [fifteen]
 TEN BUSINESS days of receipt of such notice  of  cancellation;  provided
 however that the seller may retain the expenses incurred and the portion
 of  the  total  price  representing  the services used or completed, and
 further provided that the seller may demand the reasonable cost of goods
 and services which the buyer has consumed  or  wishes  to  retain  after
 cancellation  of  the  contract.  In no instance shall the seller demand
 more than the full contract price from  the  buyer.  If  the  buyer  has
 executed  any  credit or loan agreement to pay for all or part of health
 club services, any such negotiable  instrument  executed  by  the  buyer
 shall also be returned within [fifteen] TEN BUSINESS days.
   4. (A) EVERY CONTRACT FOR SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE THAT SUCH HEALTH CLUB
 SHALL  ACCEPT  CANCELLATION  OF A MEMBERSHIP BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S
 ESTATE, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, NO LATER THAN THREE  BUSINESS  DAYS
 AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE CANCELLATION.
 S. 932--D                           3
 
   (B)  WHERE  A  CONTRACT  FOR  SERVICES IS DUE FOR RENEWAL ON AN ANNUAL
 BASIS, SUCH CONTRACT FOR SERVICES FOLLOWING THE INITIAL  CONTRACT  SHALL
 PROVIDE  THAT SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT CANCELLATION OF RENEWAL OF A
 MEMBERSHIP, BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S ESTATE, PROVIDED SUCH REQUEST IS
 MADE WITHIN FIFTEEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH RENEWAL TAKES EFFECT. WHERE
 A  CONTRACT  FOR  SERVICE  IS  DUE  FOR RENEWAL ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SUCH
 CONTRACT FOR SERVICES FOLLOWING THE INITIAL CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE  THAT
 SUCH  HEALTH  CLUB  SHALL  ACCEPT  CANCELLATION  OF RENEWAL OF A MONTHLY
 MEMBERSHIP, BY THE BUYER OR THE BUYER'S ESTATE PROVIDED SUCH REQUEST  IS
 MADE WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH RENEWAL TAKES EFFECT.
   (C)  SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF A MEMBER-
 SHIP THROUGH METHODS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WEBSITE,  ELECTRONIC
 MAIL, TELEPHONE, MAIL, OR IN PERSON.
   (D)  IF  A  HEALTH  CLUB  ALLOWS  A BUYER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR
 SERVICES THROUGH A WEBSITE, SUCH HEALTH CLUB SHALL ACCEPT  A  NOTICE  OF
 CANCELLATION  OF  SUCH  CONTRACT THROUGH SUCH WEBSITE IN ADDITION TO THE
 METHODS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.