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

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - reported referred to codes [A06602 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6602

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 24, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        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 speciality

          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[,]: (a) in order  to  ensure  the
     6  health, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all
     7  owners and operators of appearance enhancement businesses which practice
     8  nail  specialty  shall  make available for use, gloves and facemasks for
     9  nail speciality licensees and trainees who work in such businesses;  and
    10  (b)  in  order  to ensure all customers are aware of any charges or fees
    11  for the services they receive, all owners and  operators  of  appearance
    12  enhancement  businesses  which practice nail speciality shall: (a) post,
    13  at each counter or  desk  at  which  orders  are  placed,  services  are
    14  provided  and/or  payment  is  made, a list conspicuously displaying the
    15  current price of the basic services provided. Such price list shall also
    16  disclose factors which may cause the price to be higher than  the  basic
    17  price,  and the range of the possible additional charges when such vari-
    18  ables pertain; and (b) ensure all licensees and  trainees  who  work  in
    19  such  businesses  inform  customers  of  any  additional  charges before
    20  performing services which incur such additional charges.
    21    2. In addition to any other penalties pursuant to  the  provisions  of
    22  this  article,  violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil
    23  penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    25  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01734-01-3