New York S 4981: Requires the port authority of New York to conduct a study on the alignment of the Outerbridge Crossing

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S04981 Summary:

BILL NOS04981 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§736, 736-a, 738, 740-a, 741, 741-b & 743, add §741-e, Gen Bus L; amd §415, V & T L

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Requires registration of new automotive broker businesses; enacts various provisions relating to conduct of such businesses; defines certain deceptive practices; establishes rights of action and penalties.

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4981

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 and the vehicle and traffic
 law, in relation to designating new automotive broker businesses

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 736 of the general business law,
 2 as amended by chapter 28 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. "Automobile broker business" means any person who, for a fee,
 5 commission or other valuable consideration, regardless of whether such
 6 fee, commission, or consideration is paid directly by a consumer, offers
 7 to provide, provides, or represents that [he or she] such automobile
 8 broker business will provide a service of purchasing, arranging, assist-
 9 ing, facilitating or effecting the purchase or lease of an automobile as
 10 agent, broker, or intermediary for a consumer. "Automobile broker busi-
 11 ness" does not include any person registered as a new motor vehicle
 12 dealer or qualified dealer pursuant to article sixteen of the vehicle
 13 and traffic law, any person registered under section four hundred
 14 fifteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, only when operating under
 15 activity covered by such registration, an automobile auctioneer, only
 16 when operating in the manner described in section twenty-three of this
 17 chapter, nor any bona fide employee of a registered new motor vehicle
 18 dealer or qualified dealer while acting for such new motor vehicle deal-
 19 er or qualified dealer, or any person who sells, offers for sale or
 20 lease or acts as agent, broker or intermediary in effecting the purchase
 21 or lease of three or fewer automobiles in any calendar year, any
 22 national service which aggregates information for consumers, but does
 23 not otherwise have contact with consumers, [or] any motor vehicle fran-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08176-02-5

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 1 chisor, manufacturer, or distributor, distributor branch or factory
 2 branch registered under article sixteen of the vehicle and traffic law.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 736 of the general business law, as
 4 amended by chapter 610 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 1. "Automobile broker business" means any person who, for a fee,
 7 commission or other valuable consideration, regardless of whether such
 8 fee, commission, or consideration is paid directly by a consumer, offers
 9 to provide, provides, or represents that such automobile broker business
 10 will provide a service of purchasing, arranging, assisting, facilitating
 11 or effecting the purchase or lease of an automobile as agent, broker, or
 12 intermediary for a consumer. "Automobile broker business" does not
 13 include any person registered as a new motor vehicle dealer or qualified
 14 dealer pursuant to article sixteen of the vehicle and traffic law, only
 15 when operating in a manner pursuant to such registration under article
 16 sixteen of the vehicle and traffic law, any person registered under
 17 section four hundred fifteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, only when
 18 operating in a manner described in section four hundred fifteen-a of the