Senate Bill S9365A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments

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Current Bill Status Via A10215 - Passed Senate


  • 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-S9365 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10215
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-w, Gen Bus L

2023-S9365 - Summary

Prohibits third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments; establishes fines for violations of such prohibition.

2023-S9365 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9365 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9365
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 prohibiting
   third-party restaurant reservation services from  arranging  unauthor-
   ized restaurant reservations with food service establishments

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "restaurant reservation anti-piracy act".
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 391-w
 to read as follows:
   § 391-W. UNAUTHORIZED RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  THAT
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE-V OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B)  "THIRD-PARTY  RESTAURANT  RESERVATION SERVICE" MEANS ANY WEBSITE,
 MOBILE APPLICATION  OR  OTHER  INTERNET  SERVICE  THAT:  (I)  OFFERS  OR
 ARRANGES  FOR  RESERVING  ON-PREMISES  SERVICE  FOR A CUSTOMER AT A FOOD
 SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT; AND (II) THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY  A  PERSON
 OTHER THAN THE PERSON WHO OWNS SUCH FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
   2. A THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE SHALL NOT LIST, ADVER-
 TISE,  PROMOTE,  OR  SELL  RESERVATIONS FOR A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
 THROUGH THE WEBSITE, MOBILE APPLICATION OR OTHER PLATFORM OF SUCH THIRD-
 PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
 SUCH THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE AND  SUCH  FOOD  SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENT  TO INCLUDE RESERVATIONS AT THE FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
 ON SUCH WEBSITE, MOBILE APPLICATION OR OTHER PLATFORM.
   3. AN AGREEMENT EXECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT
 INCLUDE  A  PROVISION,  CLAUSE, OR COVENANT THAT REQUIRES A FOOD SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENT TO INDEMNIFY A THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE,
 ANY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE  THIRD-PARTY  RESTAU-
 RANT  RESERVATION  SERVICE,  OR  ANY REGISTERED AGENT OF THE THIRD-PARTY
 RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE, FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM  BY  AN  ACT  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-S9365A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10215
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-w, Gen Bus L

2023-S9365A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments; establishes fines for violations of such prohibition.

2023-S9365A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9365A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9365--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  FERNANDEZ, CHU -- 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
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
   third-party restaurant reservation services from  arranging  unauthor-
   ized restaurant reservations with food service establishments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "restaurant reservation anti-piracy act".
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 391-w
 to read as follows:
   § 391-W. UNAUTHORIZED RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  THAT
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE-V OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B)  "THIRD-PARTY  RESTAURANT  RESERVATION SERVICE" MEANS ANY WEBSITE,
 MOBILE APPLICATION  OR  OTHER  INTERNET  SERVICE  THAT:  (I)  OFFERS  OR
 ARRANGES  FOR  RESERVING  ON-PREMISES  SERVICE  FOR A CUSTOMER AT A FOOD
 SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT; AND (II) THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY  A  PERSON
 OTHER  THAN  THE  PERSON  WHO  OWNS SUCH FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.   A
 THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY  RESER-
 VATION  DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED TO DISTRIBUTE RESERVA-
 TIONS  BY  WAY  OF A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EITHER THE APPLICABLE
 FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT OR A CONTRACTUAL DESIGNEE OF THE FOOD SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENT WHO OBTAINED   RESERVATION  DISTRIBUTION  RIGHTS  DIRECTLY
 FROM THE FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
   2. A THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE SHALL NOT LIST, ADVER-
 TISE,  PROMOTE,  OR  SELL  RESERVATIONS FOR A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
 THROUGH THE WEBSITE, MOBILE APPLICATION OR OTHER PLATFORM OF SUCH THIRD-
 PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
 SUCH THIRD-PARTY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SERVICE AND  SUCH  FOOD  SERVICE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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