New York A 1216: Relates to a negotiated sentence of imprisonment

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A01216 Summary:

BILL NOA01216 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRWeprin

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Amd §399-p, Gen Bus L

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Increases the penalty for any person who violates the provision that a pre-recorded message must disconnect upon the caller hanging up the telephone.

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BILL NOA01216 

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01/09/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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Go to topA01216 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1216

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the termination
 of pre-recorded telephone messages

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 399-p of the general business law,
 2 as amended by chapter 176 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 8. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application
 5 may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the
 6 state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an
 7 injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days,
 8 to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such violations; and if it
 9 shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice, that the
 10 defendant has, in fact, violated this section an injunction may be
 11 issued by such court or justice enjoining and restraining any further
 12 violation, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been
 13 injured or damaged thereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make
 14 allowances to the attorney general as provided in paragraph six of
 15 subdivision (a) of section eighty-three hundred three of the civil prac-
 16 tice law and rules, and direct restitution. Whenever the court shall
 17 determine that a violation of paragraph (a) of subdivision three[,] or
 18 subdivision four [or five] of this section has occurred, the court may
 19 impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars per call,
 20 up to a total of not more than twenty thousand dollars, for calls placed
 21 in violation of such subdivisions within a continuous seventy-two hour
 22 period. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of para-
 23 graph (b) of subdivision three or subdivision five of this section has
 24 occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of up to fifty thousand
 25 dollars. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of subdivi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01727-01-5

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 1 sion six of this section, or a violation of subdivision six-a of this
 2 section, has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more
 3 than two thousand dollars. In connection with any such proposed applica-
 4 tion, the attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a deter-
 5 mination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with
 6 the civil practice law and rules.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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