Bill Text: NY S07990 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7990

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits deceptive pricing methods that fail to provide information on mandatory fees for the sale or lease of any good or service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-04 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07990 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07990-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7990

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  GIANARIS, SKOUFIS, CHU, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
          MAY, RAMOS, SEPULVEDA -- 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 prohibiting
          certain deceptive pricing methods

          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  349-g to read as follows:
     3    §  349-g.  Deceptive  pricing methods. The following deceptive pricing
     4  methods which results in the sale or lease of any  good  or  service  is
     5  unlawful:
     6    1.  Advertising or otherwise displaying the price of a good or service
     7  without clearly and conspicuously displaying the  total  price  of  such
     8  good  or  service,  including any and all mandatory fees associated with
     9  the transaction;
    10    2. Selling a good or service, or displaying a good  or  service  being
    11  sold  by a third party, without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the
    12  portion of the purchase price that represents a mandatory fee  prior  to
    13  accepting payment for such good or service;
    14    3.  Leasing  a  good or service, or displaying a good or service being
    15  leased by a third party, without clearly  and  conspicuously  disclosing
    16  the  portion  of the leasing price that represents a mandatory fee prior
    17  to accepting payment for such good or service;
    18    4. Making a false or misleading disclosure of subtotals, fees,  charg-
    19  es, or any other component of the total price of a good or service;
    20    5.  Presenting  subtotals,  fees,  charges, or other components of the
    21  total price of the good or service less prominently or in  a  font  size
    22  that  is  smaller  than the font size used to present the total price of
    23  the good or service; and
    24    6. Increasing the price of a good or  service  after  a  consumer  has
    25  selected the good or service for purchase or lease.
    26    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    27  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13979-01-4