Assembly BillChaptered/Signed
A 843: Clarifies violations of provisions prohibiting third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments.
What A 843 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to amend the general business law to prohibit third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments. Violators of this provision will be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Violations will accrue on a daily basis for each food service establishment involved. A proceeding to recover civil penalties or restitution can be brought within a designated state agency. The changes will take effect on the same date as a proposed amendment to the general business law.
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Last action: signed chap.27 (2025-01-28)Alert me
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| Feb. 14, 2025 | signed chap.27 |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | 3RD READING CAL.51 |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S777 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 358 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 843 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to violations of provisions prohibiting third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service establishments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 391-w of the general business law, 2 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general business 3 law relating to prohibiting third-party restaurant reservation services 4 from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service 5 establishments, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9365-A and 6 A. 10215-A, is amended to read as follows: 7 3. Any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a 8 provision of this section [or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto], 9 shall be subject to a civil penalty that shall not exceed one thousand 10 dollars for each violation. Violations by third-party restaurant reser- 11 vation services under this section shall accrue on a daily basis for 12 each day and for each food service establishment with respect to which a 13 violation of this section [or any rule promulgated pursuant to this14section] was committed. [A proceeding to recover any civil penalty or15restitution authorized pursuant to this section may be brought within16any agency of the state designated to conduct such proceedings.] 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 18 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general business 19 law relating to prohibiting third-party restaurant reservation services 20 from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservations with food service 21 establishments, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9365-A and 22 A. 10215-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02932-01-5
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