Title GBS, General Business

§ 199-i. Dealers' rights to transfer, assign or dispose of the\nfranchise upon notice to distributor. 1. Every franchise agreement and\nany other lease or agreement in connection therewith between a\ndistributor and a dealer shall be transferable or assignable at the\noption of …

§ 199-j. Dealer's right to deal with suppliers other than his\ndistributor. 1. Any provision of a franchise which requires a dealer to\npurchase or sell products of the distributor other than motor fuel, or\nwhich prohibits a dealer from purchasing or selling such products of\np…

§ 199-k. Separability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication of such provision to any person or circumstance is held\ninvalid, the remainder of this article and the application of such\nprovision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by\nsuch hol…

§ 199-l. Removal of certain actions and proceedings. Where a\nproceeding is commenced to dispossess a dealer in a court which does not\nhave jurisdiction to grant the relief provided in this article and the\ndealer demonstrates that he has a defense or counterclaim cognizable\nu…

§ 199-m. Dealers' rights of association. No distributor shall directly\nor indirectly, through any officer, agent or employee, restrict or\ninhibit the right of a dealer to join a trade association or to freely\nassociate with other dealers for any lawful purpose. A failure to c…

§ 199-n. Enforcement of dealers' rights of association; injunction;\ndamages; limitation of actions. Any distributor or officer, agent or\nemployee of a distributor who violates section one hundred ninety-nine-m\nof this article may be sued in the supreme court in the county in …

§ 199-o. Independent range estimate required. (a) Any entity that\nsells a zero-emission school bus to a school district or contractor for\nuse in providing transportation services to a school district located\nwithin the state of New York shall be required to provide an indepen…

§ 199-p. Penalties. Any person, firm, corporation, or association or\nagent or employee thereof who violates the provisions of this article\nshall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand\ndollars for each violation, which shall accrue to the state of New York…

§ 2. The Sabbath. The first day of the week being by general consent\nset apart for rest and religious uses, the law prohibits the doing on\nthat day of certain acts hereinafter specified, which are serious\ninterruptions of the repose and religious liberty of the community.\n

§ 200. Safes; limited liability. Whenever the proprietor or manager of\nany hotel, motel, inn or steamboat shall provide a safe or safe deposit\nboxes in the office of such hotel, motel or steamboat, or other\nconvenient place for the safe keeping of any money, jewels, ornaments…

§ 201. Liability for loss of clothing and other personal property\nlimited. 1. No hotel or motel keeper except as provided in the foregoing\nsection shall be liable for damage to or loss of wearing apparel or\nother personal property in the lobby, hallways or in the room or room…

§ 202. Loss by fire. No inn keeper shall be liable for the loss or\ndestruction by fire of property received by him from a guest, stored or\nbeing with the knowledge of such guest in a barn or other out-building,\nwhere it shall appear that such loss or destruction was the work …

§ 203. Value of animals. No animal belonging to a guest and destroyed\nby fire while on the premises of any inn keeper shall be deemed of\ngreater value than three hundred dollars, unless an agreement shall be\nproved between such guest and inn keeper that a higher estimate shal…

§ 203-a. Hotel and motel keeper's liability for property in transport.\nNo hotel or motel keeper shall be liable in any sum exceeding the sum of\ntwo hundred and fifty dollars for the loss of or damage to property of a\nguest delivered to such keeper, his agent or employee, for …

§ 203-b. Posting of statute. Every keeper of a hotel or motel or inn\nshall post in a public and conspicuous place and manner in the\nregistration office and in the public rooms of such hotel or motel or\ninn a printed copy of this section and section two hundred three-a.\n

§ 204. Register to be kept. The owner, lessee, proprietor or manager\nof any hotel, motel, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding\nor lodging house shall keep for a period of three years a register which\nshall show the name, residence, date of arrival and departure…

§ 204-a. Safety chain latches required. Every person, firm or\ncorporation engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging\naccommodations in hotels, motels or motor courts shall install and\nmaintain, on the inside of each entrance door to every rental unit for\nwhich ther…

§ 205. Human trafficking awareness and training. 1. Human trafficking\nrecognition training program. a. For purposes of this section, "lodging\nfacility" shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other\nestablishment that provides lodging to transient guests. Such term sh…

§ 206. Rates to be posted; penalty for violation. Every keeper of a\nhotel or inn shall post in a public and conspicuous place and manner in\nthe office or public room, and in the public parlors of such hotel or\ninn, a printed copy of this section and sections two hundred and t…

§ 206-a. Advertising of rates for motels and motor courts. No person\nengaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in\nmotels and motor courts shall:\n (a) post or maintain posted on any outdoor or outside advertising sign\npertaining to such establishment…

§ 206-b. Posting of rates for motels and motor courts. Every person,\nfirm or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging\naccommodations in motels and motor courts shall:\n Post in a conspicuous place or manner in each and every rental unit, a\nprinted copy…

§ 206-c. Frauds on guests of hotels, boarding houses, rooming-houses\nand lodging houses. A person who for purposes of gain and by means of\nany false statement or representation regarding a hotel, boarding house,\nrooming-house or lodging house, shall divert or attempt to diver…

§ 206-d. Posting of rates of various type accommodations. In addition\nto other provisions in this article relating to posting of rates, every\nkeeper of a hotel, motel or inn shall post publicly and conspicuously at\nthe place maintained for the registration of guests so that i…

§ 206-e. Telephone call charges; disclosure; violations. 1. For the\npurpose of this section:\n (a) The term "aggregator" means any hotel, motel, innkeeper, school or\nhospital which is not a telegraph or telephone corporation, as defined\nin the public service law, which, in th…

§ 206-f. Information concerning services for human trafficking\nvictims. 1. For purposes of this section, "lodging facility" shall mean\nany inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other establishment that provides\nlodging to transient guests. Such term shall not include an\nestablis…

§ 207. Sale of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his\nlien. Any keeper of a hotel, motel, apartment hotel, inn,\nboarding-house, rooming house or lodging-house, except an immigrant\nlodging-house, who shall have a lien for fare, lodging, accommodation or\nboard up…

§ 208. Disposition of proceeds of sale. Such keeper shall, out of the\nproceeds of such sale, retain the amount of his lien or storage charges\nand the expense of advertising and sale, and shall make an entry of the\narticles sold, the amount received therefor, the amounts retai…

§ 209. Certain sales after eighteen months. Any keeper of a hotel,\nmotel, apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or\nlodging-house, except an immigrant lodging-house, whose lien for fare,\nlodging, accommodation or board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel\npr…

§ 209-a. Registration of hotel and motel names. Any person or\ncorporation now owning or now engaged in and conducting the business of\nan hotel or motel in the state of New York may register the name by\nwhich said hotel or motel is known and designated by filing in the\noffice…

§ 209-b. Index of registrants and registered names. The secretary of\nstate and the respective county clerks shall keep an alphabetical index\nof all persons or corporations filing petitions under the authority of\nsection two hundred nine-a, together with a similar index of the…

§ 209-c. Registration of identical, similar or misleading names\nprohibited. The secretary of state shall not record, register or file\nany name or designation identical with or similar to any other name or\ndesignation filed or registered as herein provided as would be\ncalcula…

§ 209-d. Penalties for violation. Any person or corporation violating\nany provisions of sections two hundred nine-a, two hundred nine-b and\ntwo hundred nine-c shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each\nday such violation shall continue after sixty days' written noti…

§ 209-e. Preservation of existing remedies; use of true name. Nothing\nin this article shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at\nlaw or in equity which any party aggrieved by any wrongful use of any\nsuch name or designation might have had if the foregoing provisio…

§ 209-f. Notice of assignment. Upon the assignment of any name\nregistered as provided in this article, a written notice of such\nassignment, subscribed and acknowledged by the assignor, may be filed in\neach public office in which such name is registered, and thereupon the\nass…

§ 209-g. Notice of abandonment. The proprietor of a name registered as\nprovided in this article, may file a written notice of abandonment\nthereof, subscribed and acknowledged by such proprietor in each public\noffice in which the name is registered, and thereupon all rights of…

§ 21. Commissions; penalty. An auctioneer in any county, other than\nNew York or Kings, shall not, without a previous agreement in writing,\nwith the owner or consignee of the goods sold, demand or receive a\ngreater compensation for his services than a commission of two and\non…

§ 217. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and\nphrases shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Retail mercantile establishment" shall mean a place where goods,\nwares or merchandise are offered to the public for sale.\n 2. "Restocking fee" shall mean any …

§ 218. Defense of lawful detention. In any action for false arrest,\nfalse imprisonment, unlawful detention, defamation of character,\nassault, trespass, or invasion of civil rights, brought by any person by\nreason of having been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the\…

§ 218-a. Disclosure of refund policies. 1. Every retail mercantile\nestablishment and online retailer shall conspicuously post, in the\nfollowing manner, its refund policy as to all goods, wares or\nmerchandise offered to the public for sale:\n (a) on a sign attached to the item…

§ 218-aa. Warranty disclosure. 1. As used in this section, the term\n"grey markets merchandise" means any brand-name consumer product\nnormally accompanied by a warranty valid in the United States of America\nwhich is imported into the United States through channels other than t…

§ 22. Power of common council of cities. Except as otherwise provided\nin the charter of the city, the common council of a city may designate\nsuch place within such city for the sale by auction of horses, carriages\nand household furniture, as it deems expedient.\n

§ 220. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and\nphrases shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "commercial trampoline" shall mean a device that:\n (a) incorporates a trampoline bed; and\n (b) is used for entertainment or recreational jumping, springing,\nb…

§ 221. Exemptions. This article shall not apply to:\n 1. a playground that a school or local government operates, if:\n (a) the playground is an incidental amenity; and\n (b) the operating entity does not primarily derive revenue from\noperating the playground for a fee;\n 2. a …

§ 222. Compliance with industry standards. A trampoline park owner\nshall ensure that the trampoline park complies with standards developed\nin conjunction with industry safety organizations regarding:\n 1. signage and notification for proper use of the trampoline park,\nsafety …

§ 223. Trampoline park employee training, equipment and supervision.\nAn owner and/or operator shall:\n 1. ensure that during all hours of operation the trampoline park has\nan operable automated external defibrillator;\n 2. ensure that all employees are certified in first aid a…

§ 224. Availability of information; emergency response plan. 1. An\nowner and/or operator shall develop, implement, and follow an in-house\ninjury reporting and emergency response plan for injuries to employees\nand participants.\n 2. The owner and/or operator shall retain any r…

§ 225. Inspection. A trampoline park owner and/or operator shall:\n 1. ensure that an inspector conducts an inspection of the facilities\nand records of the trampoline park at least once per calendar year to\ncertify compliance with:\n (a) industry safety standards, including ea…

§ 226. Insurance. A trampoline park owner shall:\n 1. maintain insurance providing liability coverage of at least one\nmillion dollars in the aggregate and five hundred thousand dollars per\nincident to cover injuries to participants arising out of any negligence\nor misconduct …

§ 227. Required posting of safety guidelines. 1. The owner and/or\noperator of a trampoline park shall conspicuously post a sign containing\nsafety and instructional rules and guidelines to be followed by\nparticipants while at the trampoline park or using a commercial\ntrampoli…

§ 228. Actions relating to trampoline parks. 1. In any contract or\nagreement between the operator or owner of a trampoline park and a\nparticipant, or parent or guardian in the case of a minor, any portion\nof the contract or any clause which purports to designate, restrict, or…