A08939 Summary:
| BILL NO | A08939 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Paulin |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §206-f, Gen Bus L | |
| Provides that a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; provides that the attorney general may bring an action or special proceeding in supreme court to recover civil penalties under certain circumstances. | |
A08939 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8939 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY July 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to penalties for a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 206-f of the general business law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Any lodging facility that fails to comply with the requirements of 4 this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars 5 for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent 6 offense. In addition to any other action authorized by law, including 7 one to enjoin further violation of the provisions of this section, the 8 attorney general may bring an action or special proceeding in supreme 9 court to recover any civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section 10 against a lodging facility if a local or state agency with authority to 11 regulate the business has: 12 (a) provided the lodging facility with reasonable notice of noncompli- 13 ance, which informs the business or establishment that it is subject to 14 a civil penalty if it does not correct the violation within thirty days 15 from the date that the notice is sent to the lodging facility; and 16 (b) verified that the violation was not corrected within the thirty- 17 day period described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13414-01-5