Bill Text: NY S03998 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires manufacturers of digital electronic parts to offer for sale diagnostic and repair information in the same manner as such manufacturer provides such diagnostic and repair information to such manufacturer's repair channel; section does not apply to motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S03998 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03998-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3998--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 25, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  BOYLE,  ADDABBO,  AVELLA, CARLUCCI, CROCI, DILAN,
          HAMILTON, PERALTA, ROBACH -- 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  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
          Consumer Protection in accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  sale  of
          digital electronic equipment diagnostic and repair information
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "fair repair act".
     3    §  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
     4  nn to read as follows:
     5    § 399-nn. Sale of digital electronic equipment diagnostic  and  repair
     6  information.  1.  Definitions.    For  the purposes of this section, the
     7  following terms shall have the following meanings:
     8    (a) "Original equipment manufacturer" or "OEM"  means  any  person  or
     9  business  who, in the ordinary course of its business, is engaged in the
    10  business of selling or leasing new digital electronic equipment or parts
    11  of equipment to any person or business and is engaged in the  diagnosis,
    12  service,  maintenance or repair of digital electronic equipment or parts
    13  of such equipment.
    14    (b) "Authorized repair provider" means a person or business  that  has
    15  an  arrangement  for  a  definite  or  indefinite period in which an OEM
    16  grants to a separate business organization or individual license to  use
    17  a trade name, service mark or related characteristic for the purposes of
    18  offering repair services under the name of the OEM.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07386-10-6