* § 1035. Prohibitions on model management companies. A model
management company shall not:

1. require or collect any fee or deposit from a model upon the signing
of, or as a condition to entering into, any contract or agreement
between the model management company and the model;

2. procure any accommodation for which payment shall be provided or
reimbursed by the model in any way, without providing a written
disclosure of the rate charged for the accommodation to the model in
advance of such model's stay at the accommodation;

3. deduct or offset from a model's payment or compensation any fee or
expense other than the agreed upon commission as set forth in the
contract and any items advanced pursuant to subdivision six of section
one thousand thirty-four of this article. Such prohibited fees and
expenses include but are not limited to website fees, accommodation
fees, delivery fees, and interest on payment of the model's earnings;

4. advance the cost of travel or visa-related costs without informed
written consent from the model;

5. require a model to sign a model management company contract that
contains a term greater than three years;

6. require a model to sign a model management company contract that
renews without the model's affirmative written consent;

7. impose a commission fee greater than twenty percent of the model's
payment or compensation;

8. take any retaliatory action against any model who files or attempts
to file a complaint pursuant to this article or declines or discontinues
participation in any casting or booking on account of reasonable, good
faith concerns regarding an actual or potential violation of this
article;

9. engage in discrimination or harassment of any kind against a model
because of any protected status covered under paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law;
or

10. create, alter, or manipulate a model's digital replica using
artificial intelligence without clear, conspicuous and separate written
consent from the model.

* NB Effective June 19, 2025