Bill Text: NY S02687 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires all rebates to be provided by the retailer to a purchaser at the time of the purchase of the good or service to which the rebate applies; authorizes the retailer to determine and disclose in advertisements the method in which the rebate shall be provided; provides for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - PRINT NUMBER 2687D [S02687 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02687-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2687--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 28, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
         rebates to be provided at the time of purchase
         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  391-r to read as follows:
    3    S 391-R. REBATES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "REBATE"  SHALL
    4  MEAN  THE RETURN TO A PURCHASER OF ANY GOOD OR SERVICE OF ANY PORTION OF
    5  THE PURCHASE PRICE THEREOF OR A SPECIFIC MONETARY AMOUNT.
    6    2. EVERY REBATE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO A PURCHASER AT THE TIME OF RETAIL
    7  PURCHASE OF THE GOOD OR SERVICE TO WHICH THE REBATE APPLIES.
    8    3. ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION OFFERING A REBATE  WHO
    9  VIOLATES  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS
   10  THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH
   11  SUCH VIOLATION.
   12    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
   13  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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