Bill Text: NY S01188 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the disclosure of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S01188 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01188-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1188

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  the
          disclosure  of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement
          businesses which practice nail speciality

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  404-b of the general business law, as amended by
     2  chapter 80 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 404-b. Nail specialty; owner responsibilities. 1. In addition to any
     4  rules and regulations establishing standards  for  practices  and  oper-
     5  ations  by  licensees  under this article[,]: (a) in order to ensure the
     6  health, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all
     7  owners and operators of appearance enhancement businesses which practice
     8  nail specialty shall make available for use, gloves  and  facemasks  for
     9  nail  speciality licensees and trainees who work in such businesses; and
    10  (b) in order to ensure all customers are aware of any  charges  or  fees
    11  for  the  services  they receive, all owners and operators of appearance
    12  enhancement businesses which practice nail speciality shall:  (a)  post,
    13  at  each  counter  or  desk  at  which  orders  are placed, services are
    14  provided and/or payment is made, a  list  conspicuously  displaying  the
    15  current price of the basic services provided. Such price list shall also
    16  disclose  factors  which may cause the price to be higher than the basic
    17  price, and the range of the possible additional charges when such  vari-
    18  ables  pertain;  and  (b)  ensure all licensees and trainees who work in
    19  such businesses  inform  customers  of  any  additional  charges  before
    20  performing services which incur such additional charges.
    21    2.  In  addition  to any other penalties pursuant to the provisions of
    22  this article, violation of this section shall be punishable by  a  civil
    23  penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation.
    24    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    25  have become a law.

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