Bill Text: NY S00145 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires notice of potential scams when selling gift cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-02 - SUBSTITUTED BY A266A [S00145 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00145-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           145

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  providing
          notice of certain scams when selling gift cards

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

     1    Section 1. Section 396-i of the general business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b.  (a)  No  person,  firm,  partnership, association or corporation
     4  shall sell a gift certificate to a purchaser  unless,  at  the  location
     5  where the sale occurs, the following notice is provided:
     6  "Protect yourself from prepaid card scams; including requests related to
     7  lotteries,  taxes, employment status or utility payments. Do not provide
     8  any prepaid card information to someone you do not know;  including  PIN
     9  number  or  card  number.  If  you  feel that you are a victim of fraud,
    10  contact local law enforcement."
    11    (b) Notice required pursuant to  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision
    12  shall be provided as follows:
    13    (i)  where a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation has
    14  an electronic payment system screen, notice may be given on such  screen
    15  to the purchaser before finalizing payment; or
    16    (ii)  where  a  person,  firm, partnership, association or corporation
    17  does not have an electronic payment system screen or does  not  wish  to
    18  provide  notice  on their electronic payment system screen, notice shall
    19  be posted in a conspicuous manner in the location where the sale occurs.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    21  have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02118-01-1