Bill Text: NY A06756 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Exempts businesses and professional services from certain telemarketing restrictions during a state of emergency; allows such persons to make telemarking sales calls.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A06756 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06756-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Exempts businesses and professional services from certain telemarketing restrictions during a state of emergency; allows such persons to make telemarking sales calls.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A06756 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06756-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6756 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to telemarketing calls made by real estate licensees during a state of emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 399-z of the general business 2 law, as added by chapter 680 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5-a. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer doing business in this 5 state to knowingly make an unsolicited telemarketing sales call to any 6 person in a county, city, town or village under a declared state of 7 emergency or disaster emergency as described in sections twenty-four or 8 twenty-eight of the executive law; provided, however, that a person 9 shall not be held liable for violating this subdivision if the person is 10 a licensed real estate broker, associate real estate broker or real 11 estate salesperson pursuant to section four hundred forty of the real 12 property law and is performing a licensed real estate activity. 13 § 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 7 of section 399-pp of the general 14 business law, as added by chapter 680 of the laws of 2019, is amended to 15 read as follows: 16 f. knowingly make an unsolicited telemarketing sales call to any 17 person in a county, city, town or village under a declared state of 18 emergency or disaster emergency as described in sections twenty-four or 19 twenty-eight of the executive law; provided, however, that a person 20 shall not be held liable for violating this paragraph if the person is a 21 licensed real estate broker, associate real estate broker or real estate 22 salesperson pursuant to section four hundred forty of the real property 23 law and is performing a licensed real estate activity. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10571-01-1