Assembly Bill A2640

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2011-A2640 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3328
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §198-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3908, S1966
2013-2014: A4007, S358
2015-2016: S1415
2017-2018: S1803

2011-A2640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market.

2011-A2640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2640

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GABRYSZAK, BENEDETTO, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, COLTON,  GALEF,  JAFFEE,
  JEFFRIES,  MAISEL,  MAYERSOHN,  McDONOUGH, PERRY, SWEENEY -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  the
  disclosure of the market for which a vehicle was manufactured

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 198-b of the general business  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
  H. DISCLOSURE OF INTENDED MARKET. A DEALER MUST DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO
THE  CONSUMER  WHETHER  THE  VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED BY THE CONSUMER WAS
MANUFACTURED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO THE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE, OR  WHETHER
SUCH  VEHICLE  WAS  MANUFACTURED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO A FOREIGN MARKET-
PLACE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07594-01-1

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