Bill Text: NY S07465 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits supply chain surcharges on consumer goods or services; requires the display price for any good or service to include all costs associated with such good or service including but not limited to taxes and fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07465 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07465-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7465

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
          supply chain surcharges on consumer goods or services

          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 section
     2  390-d to read as follows:
     3    § 390-d. Supply chain surcharge prohibited. 1.  For  the  purposes  of
     4  this  section the term "supply chain surcharge" shall mean a fee imposed
     5  on a good or service due to the lack of  raw  materials  in  the  supply
     6  chain or due to any other supply chain issue.
     7    2.  No  seller  in  any  sales transaction shall impose a supply chain
     8  surcharge on a consumer. The display price for any good or service shall
     9  include all costs associated with such good or service including but not
    10  limited to taxes and fees.
    11    3. Any seller who violates the provisions of  this  section  shall  be
    12  guilty  of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred
    13  dollars for each offense.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13447-01-1
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