Title GBS, General Business

* § 399-iii. Baby monitors. 1. As used in this section, "baby monitor" means a device that is marketed exclusively for the purpose of broadcasting audio or video of an infant or child. The term shall not include a multi-functional device such as a smart phone, digital video came…

§ 399-j. Safety standards; moveable soccer goals. 1. The department of state, in consultation with the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing safety standards for anchoring, securing and counter-weighting a move…

§ 399-k. Access to toilet facilities for utility workers. 1. A place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow any individual who is lawfully on the premises of such place of business to use …

§ 399-m. Disclosures in advertisement and sale of unassembled goods. 1. For the purposes of this section, unassembled merchandise shall mean goods, wares or other merchandise which is comprised of more than six separate parts or units other than nuts, bolts, screws or other simi…

§ 399-n. Approval of electrical devices. Whenever electrical devices or electrical wiring or electrical apparatus are required to be approved by underwriters laboratories for fire safety by any statute, law, rule or regulation, of the state or any municipality thereof, approval …

§ 399-nn. Sale of digital electronic equipment; diagnostic and repair information. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or business who has an arrangement wit…

§ 399-o. Selling prices and container deposits. Every person, firm, partnership, corporation or association which sells, offers for sale, or exposes for sale at retail an item for which the seller is required by state or local law, ordinance or rule, to collect from the purchase…

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

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

§ 399-pp. Telemarketing and consumer fraud and abuse prevention act. 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature finds and declares that the prevention of deceptive and unfair practices in association with telemarketing is in the public interest and subject to the a…

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

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

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

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

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

* § 399-t. Sale of certain chlorofluorocarbons and halons prohibited. 1. On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, no containers of chlorofluorocarbon compounds commonly used as air horn propellants, for blow cleaning photographic products, or any similar use, or …

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

§ 399-u. Motor vehicle alarms. 1. On and after the effective date of this section, all devices offered for sale or installed in the state as alarms for motor vehicles shall be so equipped and shall function so that the audible portion of the alarm resets and ceases to sound not …

§ 399-v. Parking facilities; towing of vehicles, posting of notices. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "commercial tower" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association that engages in commercial tow…

* § 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. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Owner" shall include any person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation engaged in the business of renting pe…

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

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

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

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

§ 399-y-1. Automated teller machines transaction denial; fees prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. "automated teller machine operator" shall mean any person who operates an automated teller machine at which co…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 399-zzz. Prohibition of certain fee charges. 1. Subject to federal law and regulation, no person, partnership, corporation, association or other business entity shall charge a consumer an additional rate or fee or a differential in the rate or fee associated with payment on an…

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

* § 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 of this section, "telephone service provider" means any company that provides voice service utilizing any technology, regardless of whether such provider is regulated pursuant to the public service law. 2. Ev…

§ 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 requires otherwise: 1. "Secretary" means the secretary of state. 2. "Person" means an individual, firm, limited liability company, partnership or corporation. 3. "Licensee" means a person licensed pursuant to this a…

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

§ 402. Powers of the secretary of state. In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere prescribed in this article, the secretary shall have power to: 1. Appoint a sufficient number of assistants, inspectors and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of …

§ 403. Advisory committee. 1. There shall be established within the department an advisory committee which shall consist of nine members broadly representative of the appearance enhancement industry; including one person engaged in the practice of either nail specialty or waxing…

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

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

§ 404-b. Nail specialty; owner responsibilities. In addition to any rules and regulations establishing standards for practices and operations by licensees under this article, in order to ensure the health, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all owners a…

§ 404-c. Ultraviolet nail drying devices. 1. "Ultraviolet nail drying device" shall mean any equipment which is designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of two hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to induce nail curing or …

§ 405. Appearance enhancement business license; requirements. 1. Any person who receives an appearance enhancement business license shall operate such business at the location named in the license and in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary purs…

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

§ 407. Examinations. 1. The examinations for the license to practice natural hair styling, esthetics, nail specialty and cosmetology shall be practical and written. The examinations for the license to practice waxing shall be limited to a written examination only. The secretary …