Bill Text: NY S03843 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a three day right of cancellation for purchases of recreational vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S03843 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03843-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3843
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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  a
         three day right of cancellation for purchases of recreational vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   The general business law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 399-zzzz to read as follows:
    3    S  399-ZZZZ.  RECREATIONAL  VEHICLES;  THREE DAY CANCELLATION. 1.  FOR
    4  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "RECREATIONAL VEHICLE" SHALL HAVE THE
    5  SAME MEANING AS "HOUSE COACH" AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN
    6  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
    7    2. ANY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF  A  RECREATIONAL  VEHICLE
    8  SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPLETED FORM IN DUPLICATE, CAPTIONED "NOTICE
    9  OF  CANCELLATION",  WHICH  SHALL  BE ATTACHED TO THE CONTRACT AND EASILY
   10  DETACHABLE, AND WHICH SHALL CONTAIN IN  AT  LEAST  TEN  POINT  TYPE  THE
   11  FOLLOWING:
   12                            "NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
   13    YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION, WITH-
   14  IN  THREE  DAYS  FROM  THE  DATE  THAT A COPY OF AN EXECUTED CONTRACT IS
   15  RECEIVED BY YOU.
   16    TO CANCEL THIS CONTRACT, MAIL OR DELIVER A SIGNED AND  DATED  COPY  OF
   17  THIS CANCELLATION NOTICE, OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE, TO
   18  (___________________________) at (_________________________)
   19  NAME OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE      BUSINESS ADDRESS
   20  DEALER
   21  NOT  LATER  THAN  MIDNIGHT  OF THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING YOUR RECEIPT OF A
   22  SIGNED CONTRACT.
   23  I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.
   24  ___________________________
   25    (signature of consumer)
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09160-01-1
       S. 3843                             2
    1  ___________________________"
    2  (date)
    3    3.  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE SALE OF ANY
    4  RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN CUSTOM  DESIGNED  TO  SPECIFICATIONS
    5  ORDERED  BY  THE  CONSUMER,  WHERE  SUCH  SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT READILY
    6  AVAILABLE IN A BASE MODEL OR OPTION PACKAGE OFFERED BY THE  RECREATIONAL
    7  VEHICLE DEALER.
    8    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    9  have become a law.