Bill Text: NY A09855 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing notice of certain scams when selling gift cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-20 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A09855 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09855-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9855

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 20, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to providing
          notice of certain scams when selling gift cards

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  396-i  of the general business law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b. (a) No person,  firm,  partnership,  association  or  corporation
     4  shall  sell  a  gift  certificate to a purchaser unless, at the location
     5  where the sale occurs, the following notice is provided:
     6  "Protect yourself from prepaid card scams; including requests related to
     7  lotteries, taxes, employment status or utility payments. Do not  provide
     8  any  prepaid  card information to someone you do not know; including PIN
     9  number or card number. If you feel that  you  are  a  victim  of  fraud,
    10  contact local law enforcement."
    11    (b)  Notice  required  pursuant  to  paragraph (a) of this subdivision
    12  shall be provided as follows:
    13    (i) where a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation  has
    14  an  electronic payment system screen, notice may be given on such screen
    15  to the purchaser before finalizing payment; or
    16    (ii) where a person, firm,  partnership,  association  or  corporation
    17  does  not  have  an electronic payment system screen or does not wish to
    18  provide notice on their electronic payment system screen,  notice  shall
    19  be posted in a conspicuous manner in the location where the sale occurs.
    20    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15036-01-0