Bill Text: NY A05337 | 2013-2014 | 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-13 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [A05337 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05337-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5337
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 25, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and
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 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00885-01-3
