Bill Text: NY S01681 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits motor vehicle dealers from advertising lease specials for a limited number of in stock vehicles which meet the advertised vehicle specifications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S01681 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01681-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1681
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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  prohibiting
          motor  vehicle  dealers  from advertising lease specials for a limited
          number of in stock vehicles which meet the advertised vehicle specifi-
          cations
          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 section
     2  349-f to read as follows:
     3    §  349-f.  Any advertisement by a motor vehicle dealer advertising the
     4  amount of a lease shall apply to all motor vehicles in stock at the time
     5  the advertisement was placed which shall meet the specifications of  the
     6  advertised vehicle. Such advertisement may not be restricted to a limit-
     7  ed  number  of such vehicles which meet the specifications of the adver-
     8  tised vehicle.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01196-01-7
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