S00570 Summary:
BILL NO | S00570 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A06654 |
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SPONSOR | GIANARIS |
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COSPNSR | KRUEGER |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S602, Gen Bus L | |
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Creates a private right of action for improper debt collection procedures; allows plaintiffs to recover punitive damages and reasonable attorneys' fees. |
S00570 Actions:
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01/09/2013 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2014 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
S00570 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topS00570 Text:
Go to top 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