Bill Text: NY A02640 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2640 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A02640 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02640-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2640
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. GABRYSZAK, BENEDETTO, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.   BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, COLTON,  GALEF,  JAFFEE,
         JEFFRIES,  MAISEL,  MAYERSOHN,  McDONOUGH, PERRY, SWEENEY -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  the
         disclosure of the market for which a vehicle was manufactured
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 198-b of the general business  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
    3    H. DISCLOSURE OF INTENDED MARKET. A DEALER MUST DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO
    4  THE  CONSUMER  WHETHER  THE  VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED BY THE CONSUMER WAS
    5  MANUFACTURED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO THE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE, OR  WHETHER
    6  SUCH  VEHICLE  WAS  MANUFACTURED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO A FOREIGN MARKET-
    7  PLACE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07594-01-1