Bill Text: NY S02443 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits automatic renewal of contracts for electronic and life safety alarm services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-18 - referred to judiciary [S02443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02443-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2443
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 17, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in  relation  to  automatic
         renewal of contracts for electronic and life safety alarm services
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 5-903 of the general obligations law is amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
    3    2-A.  PAYMENT  BY  THE PERSON RECEIVING THE SERVICE OF AN INVOICE ON A
    4  CONTRACT FOR ELECTRONIC AND LIFE SAFETY ALARM SERVICES AFTER  EXPIRATION
    5  OF  THE  TERM  OF THE CONTRACT SHALL BE CONSIDERED ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE
    6  PERSON RECEIVING THE SERVICE THAT THE TERM  OF  THE  CONTRACT  HAS  BEEN
    7  EXTENDED  OR  RENEWED  FOR  THE  ORIGINAL  TERM, OR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR,
    8  WHICHEVER IS LESS, AND SUCH PAYMENT SHALL FULFILL  THE  NOTICE  REQUIRE-
    9  MENTS OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH INVOICE CLEARLY INDICATES THAT
   10  PAYMENT  CONSTITUTES  AN  EXTENSION  OR  RENEWAL  OF  SUCH  CONTRACT AND
   11  PROVIDES THE TERMS OF SUCH EXTENSION OR RENEWAL.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   13  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05242-01-3
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