Title GBS, General Business

§ 399-oo. Deceptive solicitation of vehicle warranty policies. 1. It\nshall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to directly or\nindirectly represent in any manner, whether by written solicitation or\ntelemarketing, a false, deceptive or misleading statement in regard…

§ 399-p. Telemarketing; use of automatic dialing-announcing devices\nand placement of consumer telephone calls. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "automatic dialing-announcing device" means any automatic\nequip…

§ 399-pp. Telemarketing and consumer fraud and abuse prevention act.\n1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature finds and\ndeclares that the prevention of deceptive and unfair practices in\nassociation with telemarketing is in the public interest and subject to\nt…

§ 399-q. Use of carts, cases, trays, baskets, boxes and other\ncontainers. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings given by this subdivision:\n a. "Bakery basket". A wire or plastic container which holds bread or\nother baked goods and …

§ 399-qq. Sale or promotional distribution of utility knives, box\ncutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall\nsell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale\npromotion a utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to any person\…

§ 399-r. Sale of paint pellet guns. (a) No person, firm, or\ncorporation shall sell or offer to sell a paint pellet gun to any person\nunder sixteen years of age.\n (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "paint pellet gun"\nmeans a gun, air gun, pistol, rifle, or like de…

§ 399-rr. September eleventh victim compensation fund and World Trade\nCenter health program notification. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) the "eligible time period" and "notice area" shall be the sa…

§ 399-s. Posting of notice when air rifles or guns are sold. 1. In\neach mercantile establishment in this state where air rifles or air guns\nare sold, a notice must be posted in a conspicuous place, and in close\nproximity to any air rifle or air gun displayed for sale, that in…

* § 399-t. Sale of certain chlorofluorocarbons and halons prohibited.\n1. On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, no\ncontainers of chlorofluorocarbon compounds commonly used as air horn\npropellants, for blow cleaning photographic products, or any similar\nuse,…

* § 399-t. Vending machine disclosure. 1. Definitions. For purposes of\nthis article, "vending machine" shall mean and include a coin operated\nmachine used to sell merchandise and/or services but shall not include a\ncoin operated telephone.\n 2. Notice requirements relating to…

§ 399-u. Motor vehicle alarms. 1. On and after the effective date of\nthis section, all devices offered for sale or installed in the state as\nalarms for motor vehicles shall be so equipped and shall function so\nthat the audible portion of the alarm resets and ceases to sound n…

§ 399-v. Parking facilities; towing of vehicles, posting of notices.\n1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "commercial tower" shall mean any person, firm, partnership,\ncorporation or association that engages in commercia…

* § 399-w. Total loss notice and waiver of the gap amount for\nnon-motor vehicle retail lease agreements. 1. If a non-motor vehicle\nretail lease agreement provides that the lessee shall be responsible\nupon a total loss of the goods which are the subject of the agreement\noccas…

* § 399-w. Notice requirements for renters of personal property. 1.\nFor the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "Owner" shall include any person, partnership, firm, association,\nor corporation engaged in the business of renti…

§ 399-x. Towed motor vehicles. 1. Definitions. a. For the purposes of\nthis section, a "commercial tower" shall be defined as any person, firm,\npartnership, corporation or association that engages in commercial\ntowing, as defined in section one hundred seven-b of the vehicle a…

§ 399-xx. Towing of motor vehicles; credit cards; statewide. 1.\nDefinition. For the purposes of this section, a "commercial tower" is\ndefined as any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability\ncompany, association, or other entity that engages in the business of…

* § 399-y. Child safety devices for hot water dispensers. Upon the\nretail sale, lease, or rental of any water dispenser, water cooler, or\nother non-plumbed device or system which dispenses hot water instantly,\nwritten notice shall be provided to the customer informing such cu…

* § 399-y. Automated teller machine fee disclosure. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, "automated teller machine operator" shall mean\nany person who: (a) operates an automated teller machine at which\nconsumers may make financial transactions, including but not limited to\nd…

§ 399-y-1. Automated teller machines transaction denial; fees\nprohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n a. "automated teller machine operator" shall mean any person who\noperates an automated teller machine at whi…

§ 399-yy. Cable television company providing telephone services. 1.\nEvery cable television company, as defined in section two hundred twelve\nof the public service law, that provides telephone service to customers\nin New York shall, at its option: a. allow a customer without f…

§ 399-yyy. Satellite television company providing television and/or\ntelephone services. 1. Every direct broadcast satellite service\nprovider, as defined in this section, that provides television and/or\ntelephone services to customers in New York shall allow a person who is\nu…

* § 399-yyyy. Macrocell renewable energy reporting. 1. Upon the\ntwelfth month after the effective date of this section, the wireless\nservice industry shall collaborate on and issue a white paper reporting\non current and future efforts to pursue renewable energy at macrocell\n…

§ 399-z. Telemarketing; establishment of no telemarketing sales calls\nstatewide registry; authorization of the transfer of telephone numbers\non the no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry to the national\n"do-not-call" registry. 1. As used in this section, the followin…

* § 399-z-1. Telecommunication companies blocking certain numbers. 1.\nAs used in this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n a. "caller identification information" means information provided by a\ncaller identification service regarding the telephone…

* § 399-z-1. STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework" means the secure telephone\nidentity revisited and signature-based handling of asserted information…

§ 399-zz. Telephone bills. At the time service is initiated to a\nresidential customer and at least once a year thereafter, every\ntelephone corporation, as defined in subdivision seventeen of section\ntwo of the public service law, and every cable television company, as\ndefine…

§ 399-zzz. Prohibition of certain fee charges. 1. Subject to federal\nlaw and regulation, no person, partnership, corporation, association or\nother business entity shall charge a consumer an additional rate or fee\nor a differential in the rate or fee associated with payment on…

§ 399-zzzz. Prohibition of certain fee charges for termination or\nearly cancellation. 1. Subject to federal law and regulation:\n a. no provider of telephone, cellular telephone, television, internet,\nenergy, or water services shall impose a fee for termination or early\ncance…

* § 399-zzzzz. Broadband service for low-income consumers. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the term "broadband service" shall mean a\nmass-market retail service that provides the capability to transmit data\nto and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoi…

* § 399-zzzzz. Use of preferred name and pronouns. 1. For the purposes\nof this section, "telephone service provider" means any company that\nprovides voice service utilizing any technology, regardless of whether\nsuch provider is regulated pursuant to the public service law.\n …

§ 4. Punishment for Sabbath breaking. Sabbath breaking is a\nmisdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars and not\nmore than ten dollars, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding\nfive days, or by both, but for a second or other offense, where the\npa…

§ 40. Licenses. No person, corporation, partnership or firm shall\nhereafter carry on the business of collateral loan broker, without\nhaving first obtained from the mayor of the city or licensing authority\nof the local governing body where the business is to be carried on a\nl…

§ 400. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context\nrequires otherwise:\n 1. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.\n 2. "Person" means an individual, firm, limited liability company,\n partnership or corporation.\n 3. "Licensee" means a person licensed pursuant …

§ 401. License required. 1. No person shall engage in the practice of\nnail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology,\nas defined in section four hundred of this article, without having\nreceived a license to engage in such practice in the manner prescri…

§ 402. Powers of the secretary of state. In addition to the powers and\nduties elsewhere prescribed in this article, the secretary shall have\npower to:\n 1. Appoint a sufficient number of assistants, inspectors and other\nemployees as may be necessary to carry out the provision…

§ 403. Advisory committee. 1. There shall be established within the\ndepartment an advisory committee which shall consist of nine members\nbroadly representative of the appearance enhancement industry; including\none person engaged in the practice of either nail specialty or wax…

§ 404. Rules and regulations. The secretary shall promulgate rules and\nregulations which establish standards for practice and operation by\nlicensees and trainees under this article in order to ensure the health,\nsafety and welfare of the public including licensees and trainee…

§ 404-a. Monomeric methyl methacrylate. 1. No owner or operator of an\nappearance enhancement business shall knowingly:\n a. sell, use or apply to any person monomeric methyl methacrylate; or\n b. direct any agent or employee of such business to sell, use or apply\nto any person…

§ 404-b. Nail specialty; owner responsibilities. In addition to any\nrules and regulations establishing standards for practices and\noperations by licensees under this article, in order to ensure the\nhealth, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all\nowne…

§ 404-c. Ultraviolet nail drying devices. 1. "Ultraviolet nail drying\ndevice" shall mean any equipment which is designed to emit\nelectromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of two hundred to\nfour hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to induce nail\ncuring…

§ 405. Appearance enhancement business license; requirements. 1. Any\nperson who receives an appearance enhancement business license shall\noperate such business at the location named in the license and in\naccordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary\n…

§ 406. License application; procedure; requirements; temporary\nlicense. 1. a. Any person intending to practice nail specialty, waxing,\nnatural hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology as defined in this\narticle, or to own or operate an appearance enhancement business, shall\nfi…

§ 407. Examinations. 1. The examinations for the license to practice\nnatural hair styling, esthetics, nail specialty and cosmetology shall be\npractical and written. The examinations for the license to practice\nwaxing shall be limited to a written examination only. The secreta…

§ 408. Licenses; display; renewal; duplicates. 1. All licenses shall\nexpire four years from the date of issuance.\n 2. No license shall be assignable or transferrable except pursuant to\nthe provisions of this article.\n 3. An appearance enhancement business license may be assi…

§ 408-a. Trainee. 1. Each applicant for a certificate of registration\nas a trainee shall make an application which shall include the\nphysician's certificate required by paragraph e of subdivision one of\nsection four hundred six of this article, two recent photographs, and\nsu…

§ 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The\ndepartment shall ensure that domestic violence and sexual assault\nawareness education courses are made available to all licensees and\napplicants for a license or renewal pursuant to this article and that\n…

§ 409. Fees. 1. The non-refundable fee for an application for a\nlicense to engage in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural\nhair styling, esthetics or cosmetology, shall be forty dollars initially\nand for each renewal thereof the fee shall be forty dollars; the fee f…

§ 41. Licenses, how obtained; penalty for carrying on business without\nlicense. The mayor or such local licensing authority may from time to\ntime grant, under his or her hand and the official seal of his or her\noffice, to such citizens, or noncitizens lawfully admitted for pe…

§ 41-a. Continuing education requirement. 1. Every person licensed as\na collateral loan broker pursuant to this article shall, between June\nthirtieth, two thousand seven and June twenty-ninth, two thousand nine,\nand during every two year period thereafter, complete not less t…

§ 410. Administration. 1. Suspension and revocation of licenses or\nregistrations; fines; reprimands. A license or registration issued\npursuant to this article may be suspended or revoked, or a fine not\nexceeding five hundred dollars payable to the department may be imposed\nf…