Requires car washes to disclose when promotions expire as well as any costs which will be incurred upon the expiration of such promotion and how often such costs will be incurred upon someone taking part in such promotion.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2464--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 20, 2023
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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 -- recommitted to the Committee on
Consumer Protection in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring car
washes to disclose when promotions expire
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-eee to read as follows:
3 § 399-eee. Car wash promotion disclosure. 1. For the purposes of this
4 section, the term "car wash" means any individual, partnership, corpo-
5 ration, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other
6 business entity that engages in the cleaning of vehicles, including
7 washing, detailing, drying, polishing, vacuuming or otherwise providing
8 cosmetic care to vehicles.
9 2. Car washes shall clearly state when a promotion will expire as well
10 as any costs which will be incurred upon the expiration of such
11 promotion and how often such costs will be incurred upon someone taking
12 part in such promotion.
13 3. Car washes shall conspicuously post notice of such information on a
14 board or other visible place in view of consumers when advertising a
15 promotion. If the car wash advertises such promotion online it shall
16 also post such notice within such advertisement, coupon or promotion
17 information.
18 4. Any car wash which fails to comply with this section shall be
19 assessed a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each
20 violation.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07159-05-4
