Bill Text: NY A10238 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the disclosure of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-26 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A10238 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10238-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10238
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 26, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
        AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
          disclosure of prices and additional charges at appearance  enhancement
          businesses which practice nail speciality
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 404-b of the general business law,  as  amended  by
     2  chapter 80 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  404-b.  Nail  specialty; owner responsibilities. In addition to any
     4  rules and regulations establishing standards  for  practices  and  oper-
     5  ations  by  licensees  under  this article[,]: 1. in order to ensure the
     6  health, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all
     7  owners and operators of appearance enhancement businesses which practice
     8  nail specialty shall make available for use, gloves  and  facemasks  for
     9  nail  speciality licensees and trainees who work in such businesses; and
    10  2. in order to ensure all customers are aware of any charges or fees for
    11  the services they  receive,  all  owners  and  operators  of  appearance
    12  enhancement  businesses  which practice nail speciality shall: (a) post,
    13  at each counter or  desk  at  which  orders  are  placed,  services  are
    14  provided  and/or  payment  is  made, a list conspicuously displaying the
    15  current price of the basic services provided. Such price list shall also
    16  disclose factors which may cause the price to be higher than  the  basic
    17  price,  and the range of the possible additional charges when such vari-
    18  ables pertain; and (b) ensure all licensees and  trainees  who  work  in
    19  such  businesses  inform  customers  of  any  additional  charges before
    20  performing services which incur such additional charges.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15226-01-8