Title GBS, General Business

§ 391-j. Sale of fire extinguishers. 1. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale fire extinguishers\nunless the fire extinguishers offered for sale:\n a. Meet the current National Fire Protection Association standards for\nfire extingui…

§ 391-jj. Sale of electric space heaters. No person, firm,\npartnership, association or corporation regularly engaged in the\nbusiness of assembling, manufacturing, distributing or the retail sale\nof electric space heaters shall assemble, manufacture, distribute, sell\nor offer…

§ 391-k. Automatic garage door opening systems. 1. As used in this\nsection, unless the context requires otherwise:\n (a) "Automatic garage door opening system" means a system of devices\nand equipment that when connected to a garage door automatically opens\nand closes a garage…

* § 391-l. Personal emergency response service agreements; required\ncancellation provisions. 1. As used in this section, the term "personal\nemergency response service" shall mean (a) the provision and maintenance\nof electronic communication equipment in the home of an individ…

* § 391-l. Rental of motor vehicles; discrimination on the basis of\ncredit card ownership. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n a. "Motor vehicle rental agency", or "agency", shall mean a person\nengaged in the business of renting motor vehicles in this state;\n b. "Perso…

§ 391-m. Manufacture and sale of in-line skates; regulation of. 1. As\nused in this section, the term:\n (a) "Protective gear" shall mean the following: a helmet meeting the\nstandards established by the commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to\nsubdivision two-a of section tw…

§ 391-n. Sale of reptiles; notice. 1. Any person, firm, partnership,\nassociation or corporation who or which sells reptiles at retail shall\ngive written notice to the purchaser of a reptile that reptiles are a\npotential cause of salmonellosis. Such notice shall substantially\…

§ 391-oo. Sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements\nfor weight loss or muscle building. 1. For purposes of this section the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building" means a\nclass of die…

§ 391-p. Prohibit the rental of clothing articles previously worn. 1.\nNo person shall rent articles of clothing which have been previously\nworn unless such articles of clothing are cleaned prior to such rental.\n 2. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a …

§ 391-q. Rebates. 1. For the purposes of this section, the term\n"rebate" shall mean an offer to provide cash, credit, or credit towards\nfuture purchases, that is offered to consumers who acquire or purchase a\nspecified product or service and that is conditioned upon the custo…

§ 391-s. Sale and distribution of novelty lighters prohibited. 1.\nDefinitions:\n (a) "Audio effects" means music, animal sounds, whistles, buzzers,\nbeepers or other noises not typically caused by or pertinent to the\nflame-producing function of the lighter.\n (b) "Distribute" …

§ 391-t. Sale of small animals; instructions on care. 1. As used in\nthis section, a "small animal" shall mean any small mammal, excluding\ndogs or cats, including but not limited to, hamsters, chinchillas,\nguinea pigs, gerbils, rabbits, mice, rats, ferrets and any small\namphi…

* § 391-u. Pricing goods and services on the basis of gender\nprohibited. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Business" shall mean any business acting within the state of New\nYork that sells goods to a…

* § 391-u. Restrictions on the sale and use of firefighting equipment\ncontaining PFAS chemicals. 1. As used in this section, unless the\ncontext clearly requires otherwise:\n (a) "Class B firefighting foam" means foams designed to prevent or\nextinguish ignitable liquid fires.\…

§ 391-v. Third-party food delivery agreements. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Agreement" means a written contractual agreement between a food\nservice establishment and a third-party food delivery service\nauth…

§ 391-w. Unauthorized restaurant reservations. 1. Definitions. For the\npurposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Food service establishment" shall have the same meaning as that\nterm is defined in section three hundred ninety-one-v…

* § 391-x. Hair relaxer labeling. 1. For purposes of this section:\n a. "Hair relaxer" shall mean any product topically applied to hair for\nthe purpose of weakening the structure and curliness of the hair fiber\nand allowing for a straightening of the hair;\n b. "Manufacturer" …

§ 392. Second-hand watches. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n A. "Person" shall be deemed to mean a person, firm, partnership,\nassociation or corporation.\n B. "Consumer" shall be deemed to mean an individual, firm,\npartnership, association or corporation who buys for…

§ 392-a. Sale of new computers. 1. As used in this section, the\nfollowing terms have the following meanings:\n (a) "Computer" means an electronic machine that performs high speed\nmathematical or logical calculations or that assembles, stores,\ncorrelates, or otherwise processe…

§ 392-b. False labels and misrepresentations. A person, who with\nintent to defraud:\n 1. Puts upon an article of merchandise, or upon a cask, bottle,\nstopper, vessel, case, cover, wrapper, package, band, ticket, label or\nother thing, containing or covering such an article, or…

§ 392-c. Obliteration of marks of origin. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section:\n (a) "Person" shall be deemed to include a firm, partnership,\nassociation or corporation.\n (b) "Sell" shall be deemed to include offer to sell, expose for sale,\nand possess with intent to dis…

§ 392-d. Using false marks as to manufacture. A person who, with\nintent to defraud or to enable another to defraud any person,\nmanufactures or knowingly sells or causes to be manufactured or sold,\nany article, marked, stamped or branded or incased or inclosed in any\nbox, bot…

§ 392-e. Using false statements or altering mileage registering\ndevices. 1. Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, the\nseller shall enter on any instrument executed by him, including any form\nprescribed by the commissioner of motor vehicles, and on any other bill\…

§ 392-f Taximeters. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n (a) "Person" shall include a person, firm, partnership, association or\ncorporation.\n (b) "Sell" shall include offer to sell, expose for sale, and possess\nwith intent to dispose of or to sell.\n (c) "Taximeter" sha…

§ 392-g. Sale of ultraviolet radiation devices. 1. When used in this\nsection, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings\nascribed to them in this section:\n (a) "Tanning facility" shall mean any establishment where one or more\nultraviolet radiation device is used…

§ 392-h. Trash receptacles; dumpsters. No person or entity in\npossession of a trash or refuse receptacle commonly referred to as a\ndumpster or carting unit, having a capacity of more than twenty-five\ncubic yards, shall allow or cause the same to be or remain unattended on\na …

§ 392-i. Prices reduced to reflect change in sales tax computation.\nEvery person engaged in the retail sale of motor fuel and/or diesel\nmotor fuel or a distributor of such fuels, as defined in article\ntwelve-A of the tax law, shall reduce the price such person charges for\nmo…

§ 392-j. Sales of sparkling devices. 1. Sales of sparkling devices as\ndefined in subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of\nsection 270.00 of the penal law shall be lawful only for business\nregistered by the state under section one hundred fifty-six-h of the\nex…

§ 392-k. Motor vehicle glass repair and replacement; calibration and\nrecalibration of advanced driver assistance systems; consumer\ndisclosure. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Advanced driver assis…

§ 393. Lime; standard barrels. There is hereby established a large and\na small barrel of lime, the large barrel to consist of two hundred and\neighty pounds and the small barrel to consist of one hundred and eighty\npounds, net weight. It shall be unlawful for any person to sel…

§ 393-a. Non fire rated wood paneling. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale non fire rated\nwood paneling, unless it shall be clearly marked on the back of the\npaneling and on the package in which the paneling is sold a conspicuous…

§ 393-b. Written solicitation. 1. Any written solicitation to enter\ninto an agreement for various credit card protection services shall\ndisclose that the purchase of credit card protection services or the\nrenewal thereof is not required for a consumer to secure or retain his\…

§ 393-c. Sale of required labor postings. Any person, corporation,\nassociation, partnership or other entity which sells or offers to sell\nin this state any printed materials which, or the substance of which,\nare required to be posted in places of employment pursuant to the\np…

§ 393-d. Sale of certified copies of property deeds. Any person,\ncorporation, association, partnership or other entity which sells or\noffers to sell in this state any certified copy of a property deed shall\nprovide to the purchaser the following notice in at least twelve-poin…

§ 393-e. Sale of abandoned property location services. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, "abandoned property location services" shall\ninclude any service for a fee providing assistance to consumers for the\npurposes of locating and/or retrieving property held by the state\n…

§ 393-f. Voluntary third-party notification. 1. Every telegraph or\ntelephone corporation, cable television corporation, or municipality\nshall permit a residential customer to designate a third party to\nreceive notice of the total amount due or past due on all bills, the\namou…

§ 394. Lost or destroyed certificate of stock. 1. The owner of shares\nrepresented by a lost or destroyed certificate of stock, if the\ncorporation shall refuse to issue a new certificate in place thereof,\nmay apply to the supreme court, at any special term held in the district…

§ 394-a. Proof of lost negotiable paper. 1. Where, upon the trial of\nan action, it appears that a negotiable instrument within article three\nof the uniform commercial code, upon which the action or a counterclaim\ninterposed in the action is founded, was lost while it belonged…

§ 394-b. Limitations on certain contracts for instruction or use of\nphysical or social training facilities. 1. (a) "Total contract price"\nshall mean the total cash price paid or to be paid by the buyer for\ninstruction or services which are the subject of the written contract.…

§ 394-c. Limitations on certain contracts involving social referral\nservices. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "social referral service" shall include any service for a fee\nproviding matching of members, by use of comput…

§ 394-cc. Internet dating safety. 1. As used in this section, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "internet dating service" means a person or entity directly or\nindirectly in the business, for profit, of offering, promoting or\nproviding access to dati…

§ 394-ccc. Social media networks; hateful conduct prohibited. 1. As\nused in this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Hateful conduct" means the use of a social media network to\nvilify, humiliate, or incite violence against a group or a class…

§ 394-d. Privity of contract between franchise seller and customer or\npatron of dealer. a. Any contract for instruction in physical and social\nskills, or for the use by an individual patron of a dance hall studio,\nballroom, gymnasium, or other physical or social training faci…

§ 394-e. Report on request for abortional services. 1. It shall be\nunlawful for any person, firm or corporation doing business in this\nstate to furnish a report of a referral for abortional services or a\nreport of an inquiry or request therefor, to any person or government\na…

§ 394-f. Warrants for electronic data related to legally protected\nhealth activities. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals,\nwriting, images, sounds, dat…

§ 394-g. Geofencing of health care facilities. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Digital advertisement" means any communication delivered by\nelectronic means that is intended to be used for the purposes of\nmarket…

§ 394-h. Electronic health information protections. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n a. Electronic health information. The term "electronic health\ninformation" means any information in any electronic format or media…

§ 394-i. Legally protected health activities. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section, the term "legally protected health activity" shall have\nthe same meaning as defined by section 570.17 of the criminal procedure\nlaw.\n 2. No person or entity that is located, headquartered, or …

§ 395. Required disclosure of prior use. 1. Whenever any person, firm,\ncorporation or association engaged in the business of retailing\nmerchandise to the public, or agent, employee or sales representative\nthereof shall offer used, rebuilt, reconditioned or repossessed\ntelevi…

§ 395-a. Maintenance agreements. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of\nthis section, a "maintenance agreement" shall refer to any contract or\nrepresentation whereby the seller or manufacturer of a retail sales item\nor the seller of a service contract shall offer the defined ser…