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- Referred to consumer protection
- Print number 2682a
- Amend and recommit to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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Prohibits the selling, offering for sale or distribution of any electrical or extension cords with fraudulent seals for the Underwriters' Laboratory
In Senate Committee · Consumer Protection · Sponsor Ellen C. Jaffee
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Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the selling, offering for sale or distribution of any electrical or extension cords with a fraudulent seal for the Underwriters' Laboratory
Purpose
To amend the general business law so that merchants selling defective electrical products sold with fraudulent labeling are subject to required training in distinguishing labeling for the first offense and to stiff fines if the offense is repeated.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends the general business law by adding a new section 349-d. Merchants who sell electrical products with fraudulent Underwriters Laboratory labels (UL) will be subject to a $100 fine and required on-line training session created by Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC). The second offense will result in a $2,500 fine.
Section 2: Provides for an effective date that shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
Justification
A number of recent fires have been attributed to extension cords that bore fraudulent UL labels. The potential for loss of life to both consumers and firefighters due to this fraud is unacceptable. This law would not only increase the penalties for selling those cords, it would require all merchants who have done so to take an online class to differentiate between the real and the fraudulent labels. The real label is quite easy to identify when compared to falsified copies.
Legislative history
2008: S.8080 - Referred to Codes
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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