Bill Text: NY A05554 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires owner of commercial establishment which purchases and resells second hand video games to keep accurate records of said transaction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - held for consideration in economic development [A05554 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05554-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5554
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  OAKS,  KOLB, BARCLAY, DUPREY, WALTER, FINCH,
         LAWRENCE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH,  SALADI-
         NO, STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Devel-
         opment
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to second hand
         video games
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
    2  39-H to read as follows:
    3                                ARTICLE 39-H
    4                           SECOND HAND VIDEO GAMES
    5  SECTION 899-AAAA. DEFINITION.
    6          899-BBBB. CERTAIN INFORMATION TO BE RECORDED.
    7          899-CCCC. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
    8    S  899-AAAA.  DEFINITION.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS ARTICLE "VIDEO GAME"
    9  MEANS ANY ELECTRONIC AMUSEMENT DEVICE THAT UTILIZES A  COMPUTER,  MICRO-
   10  PROCESSOR  OR  SIMILAR  ELECTRONIC  CIRCUITRY AND ITS OWN MONITOR, OR IS
   11  DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH A TELEVISION SET OR A  COMPUTER  MONITOR,  THAT
   12  INTERACTS WITH THE USER OF THE DEVICE.
   13    S  899-BBBB.  CERTAIN  INFORMATION  TO  BE  RECORDED. EVERY OWNER OF A
   14  COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT WHICH PURCHASES AND RESELLS SECOND  HAND  VIDEO
   15  GAMES  SHALL  KEEP A BOOK IN WHICH SHALL BE FAIRLY RECORDED, AT THE TIME
   16  OF  SUCH  PURCHASE,  AN  ACCOUNT  AND  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  VIDEO  GAME
   17  PURCHASED,  THE  AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID FOR SUCH PURCHASE, THE DATE OF THE
   18  PURCHASE, AND THE NAME AND RESIDENCE OF THE PERSON  SELLING  SUCH  VIDEO
   19  GAME.  NO  SUCH PURCHASE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE SELLER PROVIDES SATIS-
   20  FACTORY PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION TO THE PURCHASER, AND  THE  FORM  OF
   21  SUCH IDENTIFICATION SHALL ALSO BE RECORDED.
   22    S  899-CCCC.  VIOLATIONS  AND  PENALTIES.  A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE
   23  SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY OF FROM ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05879-01-5
       A. 5554                             2
    1  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, AND FROM FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
    2  TO TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.