Bill Text: NY S03152 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Raises the maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing to twenty thousand dollars.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03152 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03152-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3152
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, MARCHIONE, SEWARD, VALESKY -- 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  raising  the
          maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  12  of  section  399-z  of  the
     2  general  business law, as amended by chapter 369 of the laws of 2012, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    a. Where it is determined after hearing that any person  has  violated
     5  one  or  more  provisions  of this section, the secretary, or any person
     6  deputized or so designated by him or her may assess a fine not to exceed
     7  [eleven] twenty thousand dollars for each violation.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05700-01-7