Bill Text: NY A00778 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Renders contracts entered into for the sale of goods via electronic commerce unenforceable if such business did not furnish accurate contact information on the business website on which such transaction was made.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-05 - enacting clause stricken [A00778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00778-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           778

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT in relation to the enforceability of certain electronic  commerce
          transactions

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or  regulation  to  the
     2  contrary,  a  contract entered into for the sale of goods via electronic
     3  commerce shall not give grounds for a cause  of  action  for  breach  of
     4  contract  if  the  website of the business furnishing such goods through
     5  which such transaction was made did not provide at the time of  purchase
     6  an  accurate  business  address  and  landline telephone number at which
     7  consumers could contact such business.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04442-01-1