Bill Text: NY S05517 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires that every publisher of a magazine sold by subscription shall disclose by a notice on the billing statement or billing invoice of each magazine mailed pursuant to subscription, a customer service telephone number; such notice shall be printed or written in a clear and conspicuous form.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - SIGNED CHAP.474 [S05517 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05517-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5517
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 4, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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
          publishers of magazine subscriptions to disclose on the billing state-
          ments a customer service telephone number
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 335-a of the general business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a. Every publisher of a magazine sold by subscription shall disclose
     4  by a notice on the billing statement or invoice of each magazine, mailed
     5  pursuant  to  subscription,  a  customer service telephone number.  Such
     6  notice shall be printed or written in a clear and conspicuous form.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03561-01-7
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