New York S 6803: Relates to additional damages recoverable for the use of a deadly weapon

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S06803 Summary:

BILL NOS06803 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07660

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren §396-cc to be §396-ccc, add §396-cccc, Gen Bus L

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Requires any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, or agent or employee thereof, which offers, in the regular course of business, an established senior citizen, student or veteran discount on the price of admission or membership thereto, to offer a discount on the price of admission or membership to disabled individuals.

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BILL NOS06803 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO AGING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6803

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to discounted
 admission and memberships for certain individuals

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

 1 Section 1. Section 396-cc of the general business law, as added by
 2 chapter 556 of the laws of 1998, is renumbered section 396-ccc and a new
 3 section 396-cccc is added to read as follows:
 4 § 396-cccc. Discounted admission and memberships for disabled individ-
 5 uals. 1. (a) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association,
 6 or agent or employee thereof, which offers, in the regular course of
 7 business, an established senior citizen, student or veteran discount on
 8 the price of admission or membership thereto, shall offer a discount on
 9 the price of admission or membership to disabled individuals.
 10 (b) The price of admission or membership for such disabled individual
 11 discount shall be equal to the lowest discount price offered by such
 12 person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, or agent or
 13 employee thereof to another category of individuals.
 14 (c) An admission or membership purchased with a disabled individual
 15 discount pursuant to this section shall include free admission for the
 16 caregiver accompanying such disabled individual. If a disabled individ-
 17 ual discounted admission or membership is available for purchase on the
 18 website of a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, or
 19 agent or employee thereof, such website shall include an option to iden-
 20 tify the caregiver of a disabled individual to receive the free admis-
 21 sion pursuant to this paragraph. If a disabled individual discounted
 22 admission or membership is available for purchase at the box office of a
 23 person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, or agent or
 24 employee thereof, such box office shall conspicuously advertise an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03317-01-5

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 1 option to identify the caregiver of a disabled individual to receive the
 2 free admission pursuant to this paragraph.
 3 2. (a) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, or
 4 agent or employee thereof, which offers, in the regular course of busi-
 5 ness, an established senior citizen, student, veteran or disabled indi-
 6 vidual discount on the price of admission or membership thereto shall
 7 conspicuously advertise the availability and price of such discount at
 8 the box office and website of such person, firm, partnership, corpo-
 9 ration, or association, or agent or employee thereof. The availability
 10 and price of such discount shall also be conspicuously advertised on the
 11 accessibility page of the website of such person, firm, partnership,
 12 corporation, or association, or agent or employee thereof.
 13 (b) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, or
 14 agent or employee thereof, which offers, in the regular course of busi-
 15 ness, or utilizes a pay-as-you-wish policy on the price of admission or
 16 membership thereto shall conspicuously advertise such policy at the box
 17