Requires telemarketers to provide certain information no later than the first thirty seconds of the commencement of a call; requires telemarketers to disclose the address of any company on whose behalf the telemarketer is providing telemarketing services on any website owned or operated by the telemarketer and in written communication to customers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8182--A
IN SENATE
January 11, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tele-
marketers to provide certain information no later than thirty seconds
from the commencement of a call and requiring telemarketers to
disclose their address online and in written communication to custom-
ers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 399-z of
2 the general business law, as amended by chapter 660 of the laws of 2022,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 No telemarketer or seller shall engage in telemarketing at any time
5 other than between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the location of the
6 customer unless the customer has given his or her express consent to the
7 call at a different time. Telemarketers shall provide, in a clear and
8 coherent manner using words with common and everyday meanings, at the
9 beginning but no later than thirty seconds from the commencement of the
10 call of each telemarketing sales call all of the following information,
11 provided that the information set forth in paragraphs a and b of this
12 subdivision shall be given to the customer first:
13 § 2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdi-
14 vision 6 of section 399-pp of the general business law, as amended by
15 chapter 239 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
16 at the beginning but no later than thirty seconds from the commence-
17 ment of the call and prior to any request by the caller of the customer
18 to release or disclose any of the customer's personal or financial
19 information, including but not limited, to the customer's name, address,
20 credit card, checking account or other financial account number or
21 information:
22 § 3. Section 399-pp of the general business law is amended by adding a
23 new subdivision 10-b to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 10-b. A telemarketer shall disclose the address of any company on
2 whose behalf such telemarketer is providing telemarketing services, on
3 any website owned or operated by the telemarketer and on any subsequent
4 written communication to any customer.
5 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
