Bill Text: NY S01803 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1803 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S01803 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01803-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1803
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  requiring  the
          disclosure of the market for which a vehicle was manufactured
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 198-b of the general business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
     3    h. Disclosure of intended market. A dealer must disclose in writing to
     4  the  consumer  whether  the  vehicle being purchased by the consumer was
     5  manufactured for introduction into the American marketplace, or  whether
     6  such  vehicle  was  manufactured for introduction into a foreign market-
     7  place.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00860-01-7