Bill Text: NY A06602 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the disclosure of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - print number 6602a [A06602 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06602-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6602--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec.  2  --  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  the
          disclosure  of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement
          businesses which practice nail specialty

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  404-b of the general business law, as amended by
     2  chapter 80 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 404-b. Nail specialty; owner responsibilities. 1. In addition to any
     4  rules and regulations establishing standards  for  practices  and  oper-
     5  ations  by  licensees under this article, in order to ensure the health,
     6  safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all  owners
     7  and  operators  of appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail
     8  specialty shall make available for use, gloves and  facemasks  for  nail
     9  [speciality]  specialty  licensees  and  trainees who work in such busi-
    10  nesses.
    11    2. All owners and operators of appearance enhancement businesses which
    12  practice nail specialty shall: (a) post a list conspicuously  displaying
    13  the  current  price of the services provided. Such price list shall also
    14  disclose factors which may cause the price to be higher than the  posted
    15  price,  and the range of the possible additional charges; and (b) ensure
    16  all licensees and trainees who work in such businesses inform  customers
    17  of  any  additional  charges before performing services which incur such
    18  additional charges.
    19    3. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penal-
    20  ty of two hundred fifty dollars for each violation.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01734-03-4