Bill Text: NY S08700 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of identical value; provides for violations and penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-01 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S08700 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08700-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8700

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 1, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 requiring  that
          digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of iden-
          tical value

          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  396-oo to read as follows:
     3    § 396-oo. Digital coupons;  availability  of  paper  coupons.  1.  For
     4  purposes  of this section, "digital coupon" means a store coupon, rebate
     5  or similar instrument that is offered to a consumer through  the  inter-
     6  net.
     7    2.  A  person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail
     8  that offers a digital coupon shall make available to a consumer a  paper
     9  coupon of identical value.
    10    3.  Any person that violates the provisions of subdivision two of this
    11  section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five hundred
    12  dollars for a first offense and up to  five  thousand  dollars  for  any
    13  subsequent  offense, which may be collected and enforced by the division
    14  of consumer protection established pursuant to section ninety-four-a  of
    15  the executive law.
    16    4.  The  secretary  of  state,  on  behalf of the division of consumer
    17  protection, shall adopt rules and regulations  necessary  to  effectuate
    18  the purposes of this section.
    19    §  2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
    20  a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal  of
    21  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
    22  its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
    23  such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10877-01-3