STATE OF NEW YORK
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106--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the cancella-
tion of a health club contract
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 624 of the general business law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. Every contract for services shall provide that such health club
4 shall accept cancellation of a membership by the buyer or the buyer's
5 estate within twenty-four hours of receiving notice of the cancellation.
6 Such health clubs shall accept cancellation of a membership through
7 methods including, but not limited to, the internet, telephone, or in
8 person. For such cancellation of a membership to be required to be
9 accepted within twenty-four hours of receiving notice under this subdi-
10 vision, the cancellation shall be submitted either within the first
11 thirty-six hours of the purchase of a membership or after the full term
12 of the membership is completed.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03557-04-1
