* § 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, including interest, 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;

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. 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