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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, GALEF, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, PERRY, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred  to
         the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
         publishers of magazine subscriptions to disclose on the billing state-
         ments a customer service telephone number
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  335-a  of the general business law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A. EVERY PUBLISHER OF A MAGAZINE SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION SHALL DISCLOSE
    4  BY A NOTICE ON THE BILLING STATEMENT OR INVOICE OF EACH MAGAZINE, MAILED
    5  PURSUANT TO SUBSCRIPTION, A CUSTOMER SERVICE  TELEPHONE  NUMBER.    SUCH
    6  NOTICE SHALL BE PRINTED OR WRITTEN IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS FORM.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01788-01-5