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S00570 Summary:

BILL NO	S00570
SAME AS	SAME AS A06654
SPONSOR	GIANARIS
COSPNSR	KRUEGER
MLTSPNSR
Amd S602, Gen Bus L
Creates a private right of action for improper debt collection procedures; allows plaintiffs to recover punitive damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.

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S00570 Actions:

BILL NO	S00570
01/09/2013	REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
01/08/2014	REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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S00570 Floor Votes:

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S00570 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           570
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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  allowing  a
          private right of action for improper debt collection
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 602 of the  general  business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. A debtor shall have a private right of action against any person or
     4  persons  in  violation  of this article. Such person or persons shall be
     5  liable to the debtor for any actual damages the debtor  sustained  as  a
     6  result of the violation of this article, any punitive damages awarded by
     7  the court, and reasonable attorney's fees.
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01835-01-3

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