Bill Text: NY S01957 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of law to enforce regulations relating to motor vehicle dealer advertising and marketing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S01957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01957-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1957
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to motor  vehicle  dealer
          advertising
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  94-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  94-c.  Motor vehicle dealer advertising. 1. The consumer protection
     4  division shall, in consultation with  the  department  of  law  and  the
     5  department  of  financial  services,  be  authorized to promulgate regu-
     6  lations relating to advertising and marketing by motor vehicle dealers.
     7    2. Such regulations shall prohibit the representation, in any form, by
     8  a motor vehicle dealer or any officer or employee thereof, that benefits
     9  received as supplemental security income or social  security  disability
    10  income  shall  be  a sole sufficient source of income for the purpose of
    11  securing consumer motor vehicle financing.
    12    3. The department of law shall have jurisdiction to enforce the  regu-
    13  lations  promulgated  pursuant  to  subdivision one of this section, and
    14  assess civil penalties and seek injunctions relating thereto.  Provided,
    15  that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit such  department's
    16  ability to enforce any other provision of law, rule or regulation relat-
    17  ing to motor vehicle dealers.
    18    4.  The  consumer protection division shall be authorized to establish
    19  fines of not more than ten thousand dollars for  any  violation  of  the
    20  regulations established pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    22  it shall have become law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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