Bill Text: NY A06508 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 25-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-14 - ordered to third reading rules cal.91 [A06508 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06508-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6508
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  N. RIVERA  --  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 on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    8  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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