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BILL S3477D-2011: Amends requirements for pet dealers
Amends requirements for pet dealers for the care and sale of cats and dogs; requires the implementation of an appropriate plan for the exercise of animals in their possession.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1480-2011: Relates to residential wireless telephone service
Relates to residential wireless telephone service; disclosure, notification and consumer protection requirements in wireless telecommunications consumer transactions; plain language disclosures to each customer or potential customer; requires clear billing; trial period lasts for 15 days past first bill; consumer complaints to consumer protection board; establishes rules and regulations.
Sponsor: PARKER
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1481-2011: Requires products labeled as dietary supplements or nutritional supplements to carry a label stating that product has or has not been tested by United States FDA
Provides that no person shall manufacture, sell or expose for sale any product which shall be termed as a dietary supplement or nutritional supplement without branding or labeling such product with a statement that the product has or has not been tested by the United States food and drug administration; provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall promulgate rules and regulations defining the terms dietary supplement and nutritional supplement.
Sponsor: LAVALLE
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1509-2011: Relates to licensing of gun dealer employees, recertification of gun licensees and reporting of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence
Relates to licensing of gun dealer employees, recertification of gun licensees and reporting of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence; requires employee certification and certificates of employment.
Sponsor: SQUADRON
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1532-2011: Relates to the purchase, sale or installation of salvaged high-intensity discharge headlamps
Relates to the purchase, sale, or installation of salvaged high-intensity discharge headlamps; requires records to be kept regarding used HID lights including what vehicle they are taken from and the identification of the owner of such vehicle; and provides for penalties.
Sponsor: STAVISKY
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1599-2011: Prohibits the imposition of certain fees at the expiration of a term on a motor vehicle lease which constitutes administrative, clerical or handling charges
Provides that with respect to lease on motor vehicles, no lease shall provide that the lessee would be charged a turn-in fee at the expiration of the term which constitutes solely an additional fee for administrative, handling or clerical charges.
Sponsor: LAVALLE
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1467-2011: Increase the types of firearms that are to be included in the firearm ballistic identification database
Increases the types of firearms that are to be included in the firearm ballistic identification database.
Sponsor: PARKER
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1668-2011: Conforms state law with federal law regarding imitation weapons and provides a private right of action for individual consumers
Conforms state law with federal law regarding imitation weapons; empowers the attorney general to enforce federal standards and provides a private right of action against retailers by individual consumers injured due to the sale of a non-conforming toy gun.
Sponsor: SAMPSON
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S4207-2011: Provides a prohibition on the exchange of firearms, rifles or shotguns by second-hand dealers
Provides a prohibition on the exchange of firearms, rifles or shotguns by second-hand dealers; exempts antique firearms, rifles or shotguns as defined in federal law.
Sponsor: ADAMS
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S4349-2011: Provides clarification on the gun show events to include the building structures and grounds where shows occur; and public auctions, flea markets and garage sales
Provides clarification on the definition of gun show events to include the building structures and grounds where shows occur; and to include public auctions, flea markets and garage sales; and modifies the definition of "gun show" to conform with Scope v Pataki.
Sponsor: ESPAILLAT
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S5061-2011: Prohibits issuers of credit cards and debit cards from knowingly accepting or soliciting financial information of a cardholder from a third-party
Establishes issuers of credit cards and debit cards are prohibited from knowingly accepting or soliciting personal financial information of a cardholder from a third-party; establishes a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars for each violation of this section.
Sponsor: FUSCHILLO
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S900-2011: Requires motor vehicle sales contracts to be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated
Requires motor vehicle sales and lease contract terms be written in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in languages other than English deliver to consumers a translation of such contracts in the language in which such contracts were negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers.
Sponsor: STAVISKY
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL A8965-2011: Relates to cancellation of membership camping contracts
Relates to cancellation of membership camping contracts.
Sponsor: Dinowitz
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL A8375A-2011: Prohibits prison inmates from accessing, collecting or performing data processing of personal identifying information pertaining to New York state residents
Prohibits prison inmates from accessing, collecting or performing data processing of personal identifying information pertaining to New York State residents.
Sponsor: Dinowitz
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL A8992A-2011: Restricts the requirement that a person disclose their social security number
Tracks federal privacy act of 1974 with respect to the obligation of a person to disclose their social security number to another person, partnership, association or corporation; provides where there is no legal basis for request that a person may refuse to provide his or her social security number; provides for enforcement by attorney general.
Sponsor: Dinowitz
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S4122-2011: Relates to the New York state crane operators license
Directs the department of labor to issue a NYS crane operator license to any individual that submits proof of an OSHA or NCCCO crane operator license.
Sponsor: RANZENHOFER
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S3631B-2011: Requires signs to be posted at gasoline stations for consumers to contact the state consumer protection board in regard to price or product problems
Requires signs to be posted at gasoline stations for consumers to contact the department of law in regard to price or product problems.
Sponsor: ADAMS
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL A9111-2011: Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information with an agency
Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information with an agency; provides for enforcement by the attorney general.
Sponsor: Englebright
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S6728A-2011: Prohibits fee charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment
Prohibits fee charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment.
Sponsor: KLEIN
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL A4365-2011: Restricts pay-per-call prize schemes
Prohibits pay-per-call prize schemes from charging more for the call than that charged by a telephone corporation regulated by the appropriate regulatory commission for the same call.
Sponsor: Perry
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION