New York Assembly Bill A02540 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2540 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, GLICK, DeSTEFANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 396-ii to read as follows: 3 § 396-ii. Cashless policies prohibited. a. As used in this section, 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (i) "Food-service establishment" shall mean an establishment which 6 gives or offers for sale food or beverages to the public for consumption 7 or use on or off the premises. 8 (ii) "Retail establishment" shall mean an establishment in which 9 consumer commodities are sold, displayed or offered for sale, or which 10 provides services to consumers at retail. 11 b. It shall be unlawful for a food-service establishment or a retail 12 establishment, as policy, to refuse to accept payment in cash from 13 consumers. 14 c. A food-service establishment or retail establishment violating this 15 section is liable for a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five 16 hundred dollars for the first violation and a civil penalty of not more 17 than five thousand dollars for each succeeding violation. 18 d. The department of labor may promulgate such rules as it deems 19 necessary to implement and enforce this section. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04264-01-5