Bill Text: NY A09396 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the fees charged by a theatrical employment agency; prohibits the charging of a fee if the theatrical employment agency is not licensed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - approval memo.19 [A09396 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9396
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 25, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to fees charged by
         a theatrical employment agency
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 8 of section 185 of the general business law,
    2  as amended by chapter 1083 of the laws of 1960, is amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    8.  Fee ceiling: For a placement in class "C" employment the gross fee
    5  shall not exceed, for a single engagement, ten [per cent] PERCENT of the
    6  compensation payable to the applicant, except  that  for  employment  or
    7  engagements  for  orchestras  and  for  employment or engagements in the
    8  opera and concert fields such fees shall not exceed  twenty  [per  cent]
    9  PERCENT  of  the  compensation.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
   10  LAW, NO FEE MAY BE CHARGED OR COLLECTED BY A THEATRICAL EMPLOYMENT AGEN-
   11  CY NOT LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-TWO  OF  THIS
   12  ARTICLE;  IT SHALL BE AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION TO COLLECT A FEE
   13  THAT THE THEATRICAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IS NOT LICENSED.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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