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NY Gen Bus L § 396-QQ (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-QQ - New Motor and Used Motor Vehicles; Sales and Leases.

§   396-qq.  New  and  used  motor  vehicles;  sales  and  leases.  1.   Definitions. The following terms when used in  this  section,  shall  be   deemed to mean and include:a.  "Dealer" as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle   and traffic law.b. "Motor vehicle" as defined in section one  hundred  twenty-five  of   the  vehicle  and traffic law and excluding class A, B and C limited use   motorcycles as defined  in  section  one  hundred  twenty-one-b  of  the   vehicle and traffic law.2.  Whenever  a  dealer  provides  to a purchaser or lessee of a motor   vehicle the service of securing a  registration  and/or  certificate  of   title  for  such  vehicle from the commissioner of motor vehicles or his   issuing agent, the dealer shall either calculate the actual registration   and/or certificate of title charges due, or make a good  faith  estimate   in  each transaction of the amount of such charges on the sales contract   or lease agreement.  If such charges are estimated, the dealer shall set   forth on such sales  contract  or  lease  agreement  or  on  a  separate   document  to  be  initialled  by  the purchaser or lessee in conspicuous   boldface type, the following disclosure: "THE AMOUNT INDICATED  ON  THIS   SALES  CONTRACT OR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR REGISTRATION AND TITLE FEES IS AN   ESTIMATE. IN SOME INSTANCES, IT MAY  EXCEED  THE  ACTUAL  FEES  DUE  THE   COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES.  THE  DEALER  WILL AUTOMATICALLY, AND   WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF SECURING SUCH REGISTRATION AND  TITLE,  REFUND  ANY   AMOUNT  OVERPAID  FOR  SUCH  FEES."   If such charges are estimated, the   dealer shall, within sixty days of securing such registration and title,   refund to the purchaser or lessee the difference between  the  estimated   amount  collected  from  such  purchaser or lessee by the dealer and the   actual fees paid to the commissioner of motor vehicles by the dealer.3. Where a violation of this section is alleged to have occurred,  the   attorney general may apply in the name of the people of the state of New   York  to  the supreme court of the state of New York within the judicial   district in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, on  notice   of  five  days, for an order enjoining or restraining the continuance of   such violation. In any such proceeding the  court  may  impose  a  civil   penalty  in  an  amount  not  to  exceed  five hundred dollars and order   restitution to aggrieved consumers.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-S - Individual Sewage Disposal System; Information to Vendees of Newly Constructed Homes.

§  396-s. Individual sewage disposal system; information to vendees of newly constructed homes. 1. When used in  this  section,  the  following terms,  unless  the context requires otherwise, shall have the following meanings:  (a) "Vendee" means any individual or individuals who  have  contracted with  a  vendor for construction of a home on land not owned at the time of such agreement by such individual or individuals.  (b) "Vendor" means  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  association engaged   in   the   business  of  constructing  new  homes.  A  banking organization, as that term is defined in the banking  law,  shall  be  a vendor  within  the meaning of this section if such organization sells a newly constructed home to a vendee.  (c) "Department" means the state department of health.  (d) "Individual sewage disposal system" means a facility  serving  one or  more  parcels of land and disposing of sewage or other liquid wastes into the soil of such parcels, except where a permit for such a facility is required under the applicable provisions of article seventeen of  the environmental conservation law.  (e)  "Health  pamphlet" means the pamphlet known as the New York state health department waste  treatment  pamphlet  entitled,  "Septic  System Operation and Maintenance".   2.  On  and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one every vendor shall, either in person or by certified mail, deliver to a vendee at the time of the transfer of title of the newly constructed home serviced  by an  individual  sewage disposal system a copy of the health bulletin. If the political subdivision within which the home is located has published a waste treatment handbook or pamphlet  on  individual  sewage  disposal systems,  the  vendor shall supply a copy of such informational material to the vendee in the same manner as the health pamphlet.   3. The commissioner of the department of health is hereby directed  to modify  the  contents  of the health pamphlet in such a manner that such bulletin shall contain information relating  to  the  proper  method  of operating  and  maintaining  individual  sewage  disposal  systems. Such information  shall  be   in   clear   and   concise   language   readily comprehensible  by  vendees  and  shall identify potential problems that vendees may encounter  with  individual  sewage  disposal  systems.  The modification  to  the health bulletin required by this subdivision shall be made on or before the effective date of this  section  and  shall  be included  within any health pamphlet to be distributed by the department on and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one.   4. The department may establish a method of distributing the pamphlets so that there is no fiscal impact upon the department.   5. Any vendor violating this section shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-SS (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-SS - Access Number Notification.

§  396-ss. Access number notification. 1. Definitions. For the purpose   of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:a. "Dial-up Internet service"  means  a  service  that,  by  employing   telephone  lines,  offers  the  transmission,  routing,  or providing of   connections for online communications, between or among points specified   by a user, of material of the user's choosing, without  modification  to   the content of the material as sent or received.b.  "Dial-up  Internet service provider" means an entity that provides   dial-up Internet service.c. "Dial-up Internet service subscriber" means a person or entity who,   by current or continuing contract or other continuing arrangement with a   dial-up Internet service provider, receives or uses a  dial-up  Internet   service provided by such dial-up Internet service provider.2.  Every dial-up Internet service provider that provides such service   through one or more telephone numbers in telephone area codes located in   New York state shall prominently post in bold capital letters, on  every   screen  page  on which Internet access service telephone numbers are set   forth, whether contained on an  Internet  web  site  or  elsewhere,  the   following notice:WARNING: THE USE OF SOME OF THE FOLLOWING TELEPHONE NUMBERS MAY RESULT   IN  LONG  DISTANCE  CHARGES.  IN SELECTING YOUR ACCESS NUMBER(S), PLEASE   NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH AN ACCESS NUMBER MAY BE IN YOUR AREA CODE OR  LOCATED   IN  YOUR  GENERAL  GEOGRAPHIC  REGION, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A LOCAL   NUMBER FOR YOU. YOU MAY  INCUR  SUBSTANTIAL  TELEPHONE  CHARGES  IF  YOU   CHOOSE ACCESS NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY YOUR LOCAL CALLING PLAN.WE  URGE  YOU  TO  CHECK WITH YOUR TELEPHONE COMPANY TO FIND OUT WHICH   NUMBERS ARE LOCAL FOR YOU BEFORE USING A NUMBER FROM THIS LIST.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this  section,   a  dial-up  Internet  service provider who provides such service through   one or more telephone numbers in telephone area  codes  located  in  New   York  state  who  has  sold  or otherwise provided software to a dial-up   Internet service subscriber prior to October twenty-fourth, two thousand   five, when such software cannot be  updated  by  such  Internet  service   provider  without  action  on  the part of such dial-up Internet service   subscriber to include the notice required under subdivision two of  this   section,  and  the  contents of the screen page on which Internet access   service telephone numbers are displayed is not contained on an  Internet   web  site,  may  comply  with  the  provisions  of this section, for the   purposes  of  such  software  and  for  such  dial-up  Internet  service   subscribers,  by sending such dial-up Internet service subscribers known   or reasonably believed to be using such software the notice set forth in   subdivision two of this section, in either written or electronic form.4. Every failure to comply with this section is a violation of article   twenty-two-A of this chapter.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-TT (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-TT - Listing of Business Location in Directory or Database.

§  396-tt.  Listing  of business location in directory or database. 1. (a) No person, firm,  corporation,  association  or  agent  or  employee thereof  shall misrepresent the geographical location of a business that derives any portion of its gross income from the sale or  arranging  for sale of flowers or floral arrangements in the listing of the business in a telephone directory or the directory assistance database.  (b)   For  purposes  of  this  section,  a  misrepresentation  of  the geographical location of a business occurs when the name of the business indicates that the business is located in a geographical area and:  (i) the business is not located within the geographical area indicated and the listing fails to identify the  municipality  and  state  of  the business' geographical location; and  (ii)  telephone  calls  to  the  local  telephone number listed in the directory are forwarded or transferred to a location that is outside the calling area covered by the directory or database in which the number is listed.   2. A person, firm, corporation, association or agent or  employee  may place  a  directory  listing for a business, the name of which indicates that it is located in a geographical area that  is  different  from  the geographical  area  in  which  the  business is located if a conspicuous notice in the listing states the municipality and state of the business.   3. This section shall not apply  to  the  publishers  of  a  telephone directory  or  providers  of  a  directory  assistance service providing information about another business.   4. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the state  of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such  violations;  and  if  it shall  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court or justice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this  section,  an  injunction  may  be issued  by  such court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any person has,  in  fact,  been injured  or  damaged  thereby. In any such proceeding the court may make allowances to the attorney general as provided  in  subdivision  six  of section  eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct restitution.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-V (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-V - Operation of Public Automated Blood Pressure Machines.

§  396-v.  Operation  of  public automated blood pressure machines. 1. Any person, firm, partnership, company or corporation which distributes, installs, leases or sells automated blood pressure  machines  in  public places  or  places of employment for the unsupervised, self-administered testing by the general public or  employee  populations,  whether  these services  are  offered gratuitously or sold, shall post in a conspicuous place, permanently affixed to the machine, a sign upon which there shall be imprinted in ten-point type or larger the following statements:  (a) These instruments serve merely as screening devices.  (b) They should not be used as a substitute for  professional  medical consultation.  (c)  Blood pressure is subject to variation for many reasons. A single high or low reading cannot be interpreted as an indication of  a  health problem.  (d)  Blood  pressure  readings  can only be interpreted by a qualified medical professional. Self diagnosis may be hazardous.   2. A violation of any of the provisions of  subdivision  one  of  this section  shall  be  punishable  by  a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-W - Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting Passengers for Transportation.

§  396-w.  Loitering  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting passengers for   transportation. 1. Any person who loiters or remains  in  or  about  any   airport  located within a county wholly contained within a city, without   the prior written authorization of the New York city taxi and  limousine   commission  or  the  state  department  of  transportation to do so, and   beckons to, or stops, or attempts to stop, or interferes with  the  free   passage  of  other persons, for the purpose of soliciting passengers for   transportation by motor vehicle,  from  one  location  to  another,  for   money;  is  guilty  of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than   one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days,  or   both.  A second or subsequent violation of this section shall be a class   B misdemeanor.2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed  to  deny  any   person the right to discharge passengers from a motor vehicle at such an   airport.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-X (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-X - Gasoline Stations; Air Pumps Required.

* §  396-x.  Gasoline  stations; air pumps required. 1. Definition. As   used in this section: "dealer" shall mean any person owning or operating   a premise or facility with four or more gas dispensing nozzles  for  the   retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles.2. Any dealer must provide on the premises where motor fuel is sold at   retail  for  use  in  motor  vehicles  a  functioning  motor  driven air   compressor capable of inflating automobile tires for  use  by  customers   during hours in which such station is open for business. Jurisdiction in   all  matters  pertaining to this subdivision shall be vested exclusively   in the state. Any provision of any local law or ordinance or any rule or   regulation promulgated thereto governing  tire  inflation  operation  or   equipment  shall  upon  the effective date of the chapter of the laws of   two thousand twenty that amended this subdivision be preempted.  Nothing   in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to restrict a municipality from   enforcing the provisions of this subdivision as it relates to  providing   functioning  tire inflation equipment as required by the commissioner of   agriculture and markets.3. Wilful failure to comply with the provisions of this section  shall   subject  a  dealer  to  a civil penalty of up to twenty-five dollars for   each day such failure occurs. If the failure to comply results from  the   breakdown  of  the  air  compressor,  the  failure  to  repair  within a   reasonable time shall constitute wilful conduct.* NB There are 2 § 396-x's
NY Gen Bus L § 396-X-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-X*2 - Unauthorized Removal or Destruction of Newspapers.

* §  396-x.  Unauthorized  removal or destruction of newspapers. 1. It   shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to maliciously  remove  or   destroy  a newspaper left or delivered on another person's property. For   purposes of this section:  (a)  "unauthorized  removal  or  destruction"   shall  mean  malicious removal or destruction by a person other than the   owner or lessee of property or the agent of the owner or lessee of  such   property from which the newspaper is removed; (b) "newspaper" shall mean   a  paper  of  general  circulation  which  is  printed  and  distributed   ordinarily not less frequently than once a week and which contains news,   articles of opinion, advertising, or other matters regarded  as  current   interest;  and (c) "another person's property" shall mean property owned   by or leased to another person.2. The publisher of a newspaper may  bring  an  action  under  article   sixty-three   of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  to  enjoin  the   unauthorized removal or destruction of the publisher's newspaper.3. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a  civil   fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars.4.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall be deemed to limit or   modify the applicability of the penal law to the  conduct  described  in   this section.* NB There are 2 § 396-x's
NY Gen Bus L § 397 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 397 - Unlawful Use of Name or Other Identification of Certain Non-Profit Organizations.

§  397.  Unlawful  use  of  name  or  other  identification of certain   non-profit  organizations.    1.  No  person,   firm,   association   or   corporation  shall  use,  for  advertising  purposes  or for purposes of   trade,  the  name,  symbol,  device  or  other  identification  of   any   non-profit  corporation,  association, society or organization organized   exclusively for religious, benevolent, humane, charitable,  educational,   hospital,  patriotic,  fraternal  or veterans purposes or to promote the   study or the  advancement  of  the  arts  or  sciences  or  to  sustain,   encourage  or  promote  the  musical  or performing arts or to inform or   educate the consumer by publishing  and  disseminating  the  results  of   tests  and  evaluations  of  goods  and  services,  without having first   obtained  the  written   consent   of   such   non-profit   corporation,   association,  society  or  organization.   Any violation of this section   shall be a misdemeanor.2. Subdivision one of this act shall not  apply  to  the  use  by  any   person,  firm,  association or corporation of any trade mark, trade name   or other trade identification which was adopted and  regularly  used  by   such person, firm, association or corporation, prior to the enactment of   this  act  if  the  use  of  such  trade mark, trade name or other trade   identification was and is otherwise lawful but  for  the  provisions  of   subdivision  one  of  this  act.  Nothing contained in this act shall be   construed so as to prohibit the use of any name, symbol, device or other   identification when used solely for purposes of historical reference  or   description  of  geographical  location  only and not as a trade mark or   trade name or for purposes of trade identification.3. Whenever there shall  be  an  actual  or  threatened  violation  of   subdivision  one  of this section, the corporation, association, society   or organization affected thereby may maintain an equitable action in the   supreme court of this state to  prevent  and  restrain  said  actual  or   threatened  violation;  and  may  also  sue  and recover damages for any   injuries sustained by reason of any such violation, and if the defendant   shall have knowingly violated subdivision one of this section, the jury,   in its discretion may award exemplary damages.4. Nothing contained  in  this  act  shall  deprive  any  corporation,   association,  society  or  organization  entitled to invoke the remedies   provided by this act of any rights or remedies existing at common law or   under the penal law or any other law of this state.
NY Gen Bus L § 398 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 398 - Bills of Lading to Be Issued by Vessels Transporting Merchandise Within the State.

§   398.  Bills  of  lading  to  be  issued  by  vessels  transporting   merchandise within the state. It shall be the duty of the owner,  master   or  agent  of  any  vessel  transporting merchandise or property between   ports of this state to issue to shippers of  any  lawful  merchandise  a   bill  of  lading,  or  shipping document, or to sign a bill of lading or   shipping document when presented by the shipper or his  agent,  stating,   among  other  things,  the marks necessary for identification, number of   packages or quantity, stating  whether  it  be  carrier's  or  shipper's   weight,  and apparent order or condition of such merchandise or property   delivered to and received by the owner, master or agent  of  the  vessel   for  transportation,  and such document shall be prima facie evidence of   the receipt of the merchandise therein described.
NY Gen Bus L § 398-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 398-A - Shipment of Motor Vehicles Outside the Continental United States.

§  398-a.  Shipment  of  motor vehicles outside the continental United   States. 1. No person whose business  involves  the  preparation  of  the   shipping  order or dock receipt or bill of lading or other export papers   for  the  transportation  by  water  of  a  motor  vehicle  outside  the   continental  United  States  shall  prepare such export papers unless he   receives  from  the  person  sending  such  motor  vehicle  outside  the   continental  United  States a photocopy or other facsimile of a transfer   of registration or other proof  of  ownership  for  such  motor  vehicle   indicating  thereon  the  identification  number of such vehicle.   Upon   receipt of such document, said person shall  determine  that  the  motor   vehicle  to  be transported outside the continental United States is the   same vehicle described in such proof of ownership and shall certify such   fact upon the copy of the shipping order, dock receipt, bill  of  lading   or other export paper for such vehicle which he retains for his records.   The  person  who prepares such export papers for the transportation of a   motor vehicle outside the continental United States  shall  maintain  on   file  for  a  period  of three years the photocopy or other facsimile of   such transfer of registration or other proof of ownership together  with   the  appropriate  shipping  order, dock receipt, bill of lading or other   export paper.  This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle which the   manufacturer thereof or a duly authorized dealer has  never  sold  to  a   purchaser for the purpose of use rather than of resale.2.  If  a  motor vehicle delivered for export does not correspond with   the proof of ownership presented for such vehicle, such facts  shall  be   immediately made known to the appropriate police department or other law   enforcement agency.3.  The  person who prepares such export papers for the transportation   of a motor vehicle outside the continental United States shall, at least   forty-eight hours prior to  the  time  the  motor  vehicle  is  shipped,   furnish  to  the  police  department  in whose jurisdiction the point of   shipment lies and if there is no police department at that place to  the   superintendent   of   state   police   at   Albany,  a  description  and   identification of the motor vehicle listing its make, year manufactured,   model, color  and  vehicle  identification  number  or  special  vehicle   identification number designated by the commissioner of motor vehicles.4.  A  police  officer may at all reasonable times examine and inspect   all files and records relating to the shipment of such vehicle which are   in the custody of the shipper or of the person who prepares  the  export   papers.5.  Any  person  who  shall violate, aid and abet the violation of, or   conspire or attempt to violate this section shall be guilty of a Class A   misdemeanor.