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A06112 Summary:

BILL NO	A06112
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Hooper (MS)
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR	Rivera J
Add S399-i, Gen Bus L
Requires motor vehicle repair shops to give fair and legal estimates; provides a civil penalty of not more than three hundred dollars.

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A06112 Actions:

BILL NO	A06112
02/25/2009	referred to consumer affairs and protection
01/06/2010	referred to consumer affairs and protection

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A06112 Floor Votes:

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A06112 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6112
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 25, 2009
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HOOPER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.
          J. RIVERA -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
          Affairs and Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring motor
          vehicle shops to give fair and legal estimates for car repairs
 

          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  399-i to read as follows:
     3    § 399-i. Motor vehicle repair shops; fair and legal estimate.  1.  All
     4  motor  vehicle repair shops shall give a fair and legal estimate for any
     5  repairs necessary on a motor vehicle. Such estimate shall  be  projected
     6  to  the  best of such motor vehicle repair shop's employee's ability and
     7  shall delineate and outline the prices of necessary parts and labor.
     8    2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall  be  punishable
     9  by a civil penalty of not more than three hundred dollars recoverable in

    10  an action by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state
    11  or  by the corporation counsel for any city or by the appropriate attor-
    12  ney of any other political subdivision as shall  be  designated  by  the
    13  governing body of such political subdivision.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08754-01-9

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