STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           932

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  the  cancella-
          tion of a health club contract

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 624 of the  general  business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  Every  contract  for  services shall provide that such health club
     4  shall accept cancellation of a membership by the buyer  or  the  buyer's
     5  estate within twenty-four hours of receiving notice of the cancellation.
     6  Such  health  clubs  shall  accept  cancellation of a membership through
     7  methods including, but not limited to, the internet,  telephone,  or  in
     8  person.  For  such  cancellation  of  a  membership to be required to be
     9  accepted within twenty-four hours of receiving notice under this  subdi-
    10  vision,  the  cancellation  shall  be  submitted either within the first
    11  thirty-six hours of the purchase of a membership or after the full  term
    12  of the membership is completed.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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