Bill Text: NY S07173 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the fees charged by a theatrical employment agency; prohibits the charging of a fee if the theatrical employment agency is not licensed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-17 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9396B [S07173 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7173
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 fees charged by
         a theatrical employment agency
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 8 of section 185 of the general business law,
    2  as amended by chapter 1083 of the laws of 1960, is amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    8.  Fee ceiling: For a placement in class "C" employment the gross fee
    5  shall not exceed, for a single engagement, ten [per cent] PERCENT of the
    6  compensation payable to the applicant, except  that  for  employment  or
    7  engagements  for  orchestras  and  for  employment or engagements in the
    8  opera and concert fields such fees shall not exceed  twenty  [per  cent]
    9  PERCENT  of  the  compensation.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
   10  LAW, NO FEE MAY BE CHARGED OR COLLECTED BY A THEATRICAL EMPLOYMENT AGEN-
   11  CY NOT LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-TWO  OF  THIS
   12  ARTICLE;  IT SHALL BE AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION TO COLLECT A FEE
   13  THAT THE THEATRICAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IS NOT LICENSED.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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