Bill Text: NY A06821 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6821 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring businesses to provide to the division of consumer protection a telephone number at which such business may be contacted for the submission of consumer complaints, and authorizing such division to create a registry of such telephone numbers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-26 - advanced to third reading cal.781 [A06821 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6821
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an online
         registry of businesses conducting  electronic  commerce  in  New  York
         state
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 94-a of the exec-
    2  utive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 16 to read as follows:
    3    (16) REQUIRE ALL BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN NEW YORK
    4  STATE TO PROVIDE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BY WHICH TO CONTACT SUCH  BUSINESS
    5  FOR  THE  SUBMISSION  OF  CONSUMER  COMPLAINTS,  AND ESTABLISH AN ONLINE
    6  REGISTRY PROVIDING SUCH TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09306-01-5