Title GBS, General Business

§ 391-d. Sale of matchbooks. All one piece matchbooks sold or distributed within the state must have the striking area on the side other than the side which the matchbook opens. Any person in the ordinary course of their business who violates the provisions of this act shall be …

§ 391-e. Promotion of camps by certain organizations. 1. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business for profit of promoting overnight camps for children, as that term is defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public health law, summer day camps, as th…

§ 391-f. Promotion of private schools by certain organizations. 1. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business, for profit, of promoting either private schools, as that term is defined in subdivision one of section fifty hundred one of the education law or private bu…

§ 391-g. Rental of motor vehicles; discrimination on the basis of age prohibited. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles to refuse to rent such vehicle to any person eighteen years o…

§ 391-h. Lubricating oils; container; notice required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or expose for sale at wholesale or retail any lubricating oil, as defined by subdivision four of section 23-2301 of the environmental conservation law, package…

§ 391-i. Sale of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation; notice. 1. As used in this section, the term "urea-formaldehyde foam insulation" shall mean urea-formaldehyde based, foamed-in-place insulation. 2. Any person, firm or corporation which sells or installs urea-formaldehyde foam …

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

§ 391-jj. Sale of electric space heaters. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation regularly engaged in the business of assembling, manufacturing, distributing or the retail sale of electric space heaters shall assemble, manufacture, distribute, sell or offer to …

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 391-p. Prohibit the rental of clothing articles previously worn. 1. No person shall rent articles of clothing which have been previously worn unless such articles of clothing are cleaned prior to such rental. 2. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a civi…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 392-d. Using false marks as to manufacture. A person who, with intent to defraud or to enable another to defraud any person, manufactures or knowingly sells or causes to be manufactured or sold, any article, marked, stamped or branded or incased or inclosed in any box, bottle …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 393-a. Non fire rated wood paneling. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale non fire rated wood paneling, unless it shall be clearly marked on the back of the paneling and on the package in which the paneling is sold a conspicuous no…

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

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

§ 393-d. Sale of certified copies of property deeds. Any person, corporation, association, partnership or other entity which sells or offers to sell in this state any certified copy of a property deed shall provide to the purchaser the following notice in at least twelve-point b…

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

§ 393-f. Voluntary third-party notification. 1. Every telegraph or telephone corporation, cable television corporation, or municipality shall permit a residential customer to designate a third party to receive notice of the total amount due or past due on all bills, the amounts …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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